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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Krishna Abhisarika Nayika, from a Rasikapriya manuscript

c. 1615–25

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber

Gum tempera on paper
Miniature: 12.1 x 12.7 cm (4 3/4 x 5 in.)
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.166
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The mistress of the protagonist offers her rival a betel leaf to calm her down.

Description

Two women quarrel outside a house while the Nayaka (hero protagonist) watches from a safe distance. The woman wearing a red scarf appears to be the Nayaka’s wife or beloved, who has just realized her partner’s infidelity. In a fit of anger, she strangles the other woman, who would be the Nayaka’s mistress, and raises a leg to kick her.
  • ?-2018
    Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2018-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.166