Cleveland Museum of Art
A heroine waiting for her lover: Vasakasajja Nayika, from the "Nurpur" Rasikapriya
- Date
- c. 1750
- Medium
- Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Vasakasajja has been described as Nayika who arranges the bed for making love. She is seated on a bed of leaves by a pond, anxiously waiting for her lover. The painter has faithfully followed the poet’s description of the scene and depicted the fair-complexioned Nayika radiating against the otherwise dark surrounding, illuminating the tryst. The deer are depicted in a pair to highlight the Nayika’s separation.
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