The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala
c. 1695
Page: 37.5 x 29.2 cm (14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Location: not on view
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The sun has a human face and gazes on the scene.Description
The painting is divided into two registers. The top register depicts a royal lady being attended by maidservants outside a bed chamber. The lower register depicts a noble walking with his consort, holding her tight and offering her a garland. The surrounding women dance and play music with an exuberance echoed in the vegetation.- Branfoot, Crispin, ed. Portraiture in South Asia Since the Mughals: Art, Representation and History. London; New York: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2018. Reproduced: pl.12
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.139