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Madhava faces a man holding a scale, folio 1 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala
- Date
- c. 1720
- Medium
- gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
In the opening page of the series, the artist sets the scene in the city of Pushpavati. The protagonist Madhava holds a stringed instrument (vina), which he plays so bewitchingly that women become entranced. His good looks and musical talent earn him extra riches, which are being presented to him at the lower left. Other Brahmin priests and members of the nobility become jealous. This is the first page in the series, five of which are in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
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