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A Ruler Seated on a Terrace Worshipping at a Shrine of Radha and Krishna
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A noble clad in a black woolen shawl and a red turban, both with delicate floral embroidery, kneels before a small shrine with icons of Krishna fluting alongside his lover Radha. An attendant dressed in white holds a fly whisk that denotes the kneeling figure’s royal status. The black sky with light horizon suggests that the sun has recently set. In spite of the individualized facial features, this noble remains unidentified.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineA Ruler Seated on a Terrace Worshipping at a Shrine of Radha and Krishna, c. 1800. Central India, Madhya Pradesh. Gum tempera and gold on paper; 25.1 x 20 cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.135