Cleveland Museum of Art

A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala

Date

c. 1695

Medium

gum tempera, ink, silver, and gold on paper

Culture

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

Department

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

A sumptuous palace setting depicts the women’s quarters. In the upper register a woman approaches a bed made under a canopy on a terrace overlooking a lotus pool in the middle of which is a pleasure pavilion. An attendant holds a peacock tail feather whisk to indicate the royal status of the woman in the center; two musicians play drum and cymbals in the lower right. “Dipak” means lamp; one attendant holds a lamp; another is on a golden stand.

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