id:			134468
accession number:	1956.9
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.9
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:41.436000

Bangala Ragini, c. 1680. Central India, Rajasthan, Malwa school, 17th century. Ink and color on paper; image: 24 x 19.7 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/4 in.); overall: 29.6 x 23.8 cm (11 5/8 x 9 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1956.9

title:				Bangala Ragini
title in original language:	
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creation date:			c. 1680
creation date earliest:		1675
creation date latest:		1685
current location:		
creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Central India, Rajasthan, Malwa school, 17th century
technique:	ink and color on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 24 x 19.7 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/4 in.); Overall: 29.6 x 23.8 cm (11 5/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Inscription in Persian with title above panel of Hindi verse at top: "His body is decorated with a beautiful string of munja [grass].  He wears the skin of a young doe.  He is a bell [vigorous] youth.  His body shines with the brilliance of gold.  He sings the sacred samau [hymn] -- Vangalaragini."  The text before the teacher reads: "Rama Rama Sita Sita Rama [invoking the dieties Rama and Sita]/ The Ragini equals the thousandfold espression of the delight in Rama, / the delight of the mind ."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Rajput Painting
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Rajput Painting</i>. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 22, 1961).

	title:		Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music
	opening date:   1996-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Asia House, New York City, "Rajput Painting," Dec. 3, 1960-Jan. 22, 1961.', 'opening_date': '1960-12-03T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Heeramaneck
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 769
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n138

	Asia Society, Sherman E. Lee, and George Montgomery. <em>Rajput Painting; with an introductory essay and catalogue notes</em>. New York: Asia House, 1960.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 20-21; plate 10
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IMAGES

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