The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 17, 2025
Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala Series
c. 1755
Page: 28.6 x 19 cm (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.); Miniature: 23.5 x 15.3 cm (9 1/4 x 6 in.)
Location: Not on view
Description
Ragamala paintings were recognized as being associated with a season and time of day. Evoking a late morning in spring, here a young woman beguiles deer from the woodlands with her music to prevent them from destroying the crops in the field. The saturated hues and romantic idealization of the scene continue idioms begun in the Mughal court that were disseminated to regional centers of patronage such as Murshidabad. The inscription at the top of this page identifies the name, ragini todi, in Arabic script, which suggests that this ragamala series was made for a Muslim patron.- Collection of Sri Ram Gopal Vijavarghia (artist, poet, and author, (1905-2003)December 18, 1968 - Christie's, London, Manuscripts, Drawings and Oriental Miniatures, (lot 94]
- The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 81, p. 255.Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 245): April 28, 2015 - November 2, 2015.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2013.340