
Cleveland Museum of Art
Raja with his beloved
- Date
- c. 1790–1800
- Medium
- Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 154756
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
The viewer looks through a palace window onto an idyllic scene on an outdoor terrace. A team of attendants minister to a royal couple on a swing. At the upper left one woman keeps flies away with a long-tailed whisk. Next to her, a woman in orange keeps the swing in gentle motion. On the other side, at the lower right, a woman provides a foot massage. At the upper right, one woman holds out a dish of paan ; another has small bottles of wine, and another has a fan to provide extra breeze. Finally, a woman in a lavender sari gazes upon the beauty of the scene in admiration. The lovers are feeding betel leaf packets ( paan ), a mild stimulant and breath freshener, to each other.
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
- Provenance
- ?–1966: Indian Art Palace (Backlawala), New Delhi, India, to Severance and Greta Millikin | 1966–1989: Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1989–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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