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Devagandhari Ragini

Painting
ca. 1680 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A Ragamala in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a Sadhu (ascetic) seated in a chamber, a hare gambolling in the grass outside, and an angel winging down with food from the sky. Illustration to the musical mode, Ragini Devagandhari. From the same series as IS.64-1952.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDevagandhari Ragini (generic)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Ragamala, angel flying down to ascetic, Devagandhari Ragini, opaque watercolour on paper, Amber, ca. 1680
Physical description
A Ragamala in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a Sadhu (ascetic) seated in a chamber, a hare gambolling in the grass outside, and an angel winging down with food from the sky. Illustration to the musical mode, Ragini Devagandhari. From the same series as IS.64-1952.
Dimensions
  • Height: 320mm
  • Width: 230mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 286mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 182mm
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A Sadhu (ascetic) seated in a chamber, a hare gambolling in the grass outside, and an angel winging down with food from the sky. Illustration to the musical mode, Ragini Devagandhari.
Style
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.77-1952

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Record createdFebruary 15, 2005
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