The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Rati, the Goddess of Erotic Love, Takes Aim at Krishna, from a Rasikapriya
c. 1660
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.)
Location: not on view
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Most of the white pigment has flaked off of this painting.Description
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.- Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1-September 9, 2019).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.183