Cleveland Museum of Art
The lovelorn heroine, from a Sat Sai of Bihari
- Date
- 1780–90
- Medium
- Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The Sat Sai is a collection of poems mainly describing the beauty of women in a range of emotional states. The heroine of this poem sits against a tree that is in full flower, like her, but her lover is absent, and other girls walk by, gossiping. Not coincidentally, her dress matches the color of the blossoms, and no bees come to pollinate. The Sat Sai was written for Raja Jai Singh I of Amber (r. 1625–67).
The authoritative record is held by Cleveland Museum of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Cleveland Museum of Art and other institutions.
Sita at the Hermitage of Bharadvaja
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Heroine with Peacock
Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Sentiment of Peace: Sama Rasa, from a Rasikapriya
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Heroine Who is Faithfully Loved: Madhya Svadhinapatika Nayika, from a Rasamanjari of Bhanudatta
Cleveland Museum of Art
Woman Longing for Her Lover: Verati Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala
Cleveland Museum of Art
Ravana addresses Sita in the garden of Lanka, from Chapters 53 and 54 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Raja Bikram Collecting the Clothes of the Bathing Fairies
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Hanuman spies Sita in the Ashoka Grove, from the “Shangri” Ramayana
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover: Utka Nayika
Cleveland Museum of Art
The soldier receives a garland of roses from his wife which will remain fresh as long as she is faithful, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover: Utka Nayika
Cleveland Museum of Art
The heroine who waits anxiously for her absent lover (Utka Nayika)
Cleveland Museum of Art