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Rati, the Goddess of Erotic Love, Takes Aim at Krishna, from a Rasikapriya

c. 1660

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Raghogarh

Medium
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Measurements
Page: 31.8 x 26 cm (12 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.); Miniature: 26 x 23.5 cm (10 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.183
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Most of the white pigment has flaked off of this painting.

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In a brightly lit chamber, the heroine (nayika) confers with her confidante (sakhi), perhaps to convey a message to Krishna, who sits in a grove near a lotus pond at the lower right. In the lower left corner, Rati shoots a flower arrow at Krisha to smite him with love for the nayika. The empty bower in the upper right awaits the lovers’ tryst.
A vertically oriented gum tempera painting depicts a lush landscape within a red border. At our top left, two women with medium-light skin tones stand in a pink pavilion. To the right sits a pink archway. Below, a woman aims a bow toward our right, where a man with dark blue skin sits on a gold seat under a tree. Green hills, palm trees, a yellow sky, lotuses, and birds in water complete the scene.

Rati, the Goddess of Erotic Love, Takes Aim at Krishna, from a Rasikapriya

c. 1660

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Raghogarh

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