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Royal lovers watching rain clouds: The month of Bhadon, from a Barahmasa
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About this work
Barahmasa means Twelve Months, and this painting came from a series that depicts scenes associated with each month of the Hindu calendar. Bhadon corresponds to a month straddling August and September. It is the middle of the monsoon season when rivers are swollen and continual rainstorms prevent travel and warfare. For this reason, men remain at home, and Bhadon is famed as a month for lovemaking.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineRoyal lovers watching rain clouds: The month of Bhadon, from a Barahmasa, c. 1790. Northern India, Pahari kingdoms. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 13 x 9 cm (5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.); overall: 20.7 x 15.2 cm (8 1/8 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1973.104
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