
Cleveland Museum of Art
A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala
- Date
- c. 1695
- Medium
- gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The painting is divided into two registers. The top register depicts a royal lady being attended by maidservants outside a bed chamber. The lower register depicts a noble walking with his consort, holding her tight and offering her a garland. The surrounding women dance and play music with an exuberance echoed in the vegetation. The sun has a human face and gazes on the scene.
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