Maru Ragini, from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies), rajput, 1650–80

Maru Ragini, from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)

Archival Details

  • Tradition: Rajput
  • Period: 1650–80
  • Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
  • Dimensions: Painting: 26 x 17.6 cm (10 1/4 x 6 15/16 in.)
  • Credit line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
  • Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 2018.168

Rajput painting encompasses the courtly schools of Rajasthan — including Mewar, Bundi, Kota, and Kishangarh — active roughly from the 16th to 19th centuries. These workshops produced richly colored paintings on paper depicting court life, Hindu devotional themes, and literary subjects, each region developing its own distinct palette and compositional style.

Artwork Details

Artist

Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

Tradition

Rajput

File

1674 × 2560 px · JPG · 733 KB

Accession no.

2018.168

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