Please complete the form to email this item.

Painting - Sareg ragini

Sareg ragini

  • Object:

    Painting

  • Place of origin:

    Mewar, India (From the dispersed ragamala set painted at Chawand, temporary capital of Mewar, by Nasiruddin in 160, made)

  • Date:

    1605 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Nasiruddin (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Opaque watercolour on paper

  • Museum number:

    IS.39-1953

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Download image

This painting (and IS 38-1953) is from the celebrated 'Chawand' ragamala set, which is the earliest dated set of paintings that we know of from Rajasthan. The date, equivalent to AD 1605, is given in an inscription on the final page of the series, which is now in an Indian private collection. This colophon also tells us the name of the artist, Nasiruddin, and the place where the paintings were done - Chawand, which was the capital of the Rajput kingdom of Mewar from 1585 to 1609.

Physical description

A squarish painting of two musicians playing before a temple, with three peacocks facing them and another in a tree.

Place of Origin

Mewar, India (From the dispersed ragamala set painted at Chawand, temporary capital of Mewar, by Nasiruddin in 160, made)

Date

1605 (made)

Artist/maker

Nasiruddin (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Opaque watercolour on paper

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

K.Ebeling, Ragamala Painting, Basel, 1973, p.160.

Production Note

The colophon, in a private collection, gives the date and the name of the artist, and states that it was painted in Chawand in Mewar (Rajasthan).

Materials

Paper

Subjects depicted

Tree; Temple; Musicians

Categories

Architecture; Paintings; Animals and Wildlife

Collection code

SSEA

Download image
Qr_O120643
Ajax-loader