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The Heroine Who is Faithfully Loved: Leaf from a Rasamanjari

c. 1710

India, Pahari, Nurpur, 18th century

Color and gold on paper

Image: 17 x 26.8 cm (6 11/16 x 10 9/16 in.); Overall: 20.5 x 28.2 cm (8 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee 1967.239

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Inscription on reverse, with title of verse in Takri-"Madhya Svadhina-patika" followed by Sanskrit verse and prose summary in Sarada script-"Although I refuse his amorous advances and do not yield myself, my sweetheart continues to attend me. What shall I do, O companion?" [numbered 70 though this is verse 71].

Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 239 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 308 archive.org
Exhibition history

Washington, DC. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. "Sakhi: Friend and Messenger in Rajput Painting" 3/8-7/6/98

Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

Sakhi: Friend and Messenger in Rajput Painting. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC (March 8-July 6, 1998).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1967.239