id:			314489
accession number:	2018.183
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.183
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:18.716000

Rati, the Goddess of Erotic Love, Takes Aim at Krishna, from a Rasikapriya, c. 1660. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Raghogarh. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 31.8 x 26 cm (12 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.); miniature: 26 x 23.5 cm (10 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.183

title:				Rati, the Goddess of Erotic Love, Takes Aim at Krishna, from a Rasikapriya
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creation date:			c. 1660
creation date earliest:		1650
creation date latest:		1670
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creditline:			Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Raghogarh
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 31.8 x 26 cm (12 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.); Miniature: 26 x 23.5 cm (10 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2019-04-01T04:00:00
	<i>Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1-September 9, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
Most of the white pigment has flaked off of this painting.

digital description:
In a brightly lit chamber, the heroine (<em>nayika</em>) confers with her confidante (<em>sakhi</em>), perhaps to convey a message to Krishna, who sits in a grove near a lotus pond at the lower right. In the lower left corner, Rati shoots a flower arrow at Krisha to smite him with love for the nayika. The empty bower in the upper right awaits the lovers’ tryst.

wall description:
The hero of this romantic poetic series is shown in the guise of Krishna, with blue skin, yellow lower garment, and a crown with peacock feathers. In the lower right he sits on a throne under a splendid weeping ashoka tree in a grove with palm and cypress, on the banks of a river lined with lotus petals. A love nest made of flower petals with golden pots of water is ready to shield the couple. At the left, a goddess of erotic love aims a lotus arrow straight at the hero’s heart. His beloved, unsure whether she should meet him, confers with her confidante in the house above, while another secret enclosure stands empty.
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