id: 314444 accession number: 2018.139 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.139 updated: 2022-01-04 18:08:42.585000 A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala, c. 1695. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 37.5 x 29.2 cm (14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.139 title: A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1695 creation date earliest: 1685 creation date latest: 1705 current location: creditline: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar technique: gum tempera and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Page: 37.5 x 29.2 cm (14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: mālavī gauda’ translation: remark: inscription: 29 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The sun has a human face and gazes on the scene. digital description: 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Branfoot, Crispin, ed. Portraiture in South Asia Since the Mughals: Art, Representation and History. London; New York: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2018. page number: Reproduced: pl.12 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.139/2018.139_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.139/2018.139_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.139/2018.139_full.tif