id: 314472 accession number: 2018.167 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.167 updated: 2023-08-24 01:24:30.253000 Woman Feeding Deer: Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala, c. 1610. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber. Gum tempera and gold on paper; miniature: 21.6 x 19.4 cm (8 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.167 title: Woman Feeding Deer: Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1610 creation date earliest: 1605 creation date latest: 1615 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 Amber technique: gum tempera and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Miniature: 21.6 x 19.4 cm (8 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: Melodies played in the musical mode or key called Todi are performed between 9 AM and 12 PM. digital description: The lone woman wears an orange skirt under a sheer brown sari with gold patterns. She offers some grass to one of four deer that approach her with enthusiasm. She holds a blue and gold vina and faces to the viewer’s left. A poetic verse in Sanskrit describing Ragini Todi is inscribed within the upper yellow border. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.167/2018.167_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.167/2018.167_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.167/2018.167_full.tif