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A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala
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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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineA Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala, c. 1695. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera, ink, 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
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