Varadhana Raga
Painting
ca. 1700 - ca. 1710 (made)
ca. 1700 - ca. 1710 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a prince mounting his horse, with a lady standing near him. Ragamala illustration to the musical mode varadhana raga.
Object details
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| Title | Varadhana Raga (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, varadhana raga, prince mounting horse, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1700-1710 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a prince mounting his horse, with a lady standing near him. Ragamala illustration to the musical mode varadhana raga. |
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| Content description | A prince mounting his horse, with a lady standing near him. Ragamala illustration to the musical mode varadhana raga. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | "Vardhana Raga Hindoleda pultra chhatha patara". (Inscribed in Takri)
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| Gallery label | ILLUSTRATION TO THE MUSICAL MODE VARADHANA RAGA
Opaque watercolour, gold and silver on paper
Kulu or Bahu, Punjab Hills
c. 1700-10
IS.15-1954
From the collection of
Sir William Rothenstein
The painting comes from a Ragamala or ‘garland of ragas’, a series of pictorial depictions of various melodic frameworks in Indian classical music. The major ragas have ‘wives’ and ‘sons’. An inscription in Takri, a script used in the Punjab Hills, identifies the musical mode illustrated here as Varadhana raga, the ‘son’ of Hindola raga. The painting
is from a large ragamala series that is characterised by a very free style of drawing and remarkable colour combinations.(01/08/2017) |
| Object history | From the Sir William Rothenstein collection (residuary). |
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| Bibliographic reference | Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022
p. 332, cat. no. 13 xiv. |
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| Accession number | IS.15-1954 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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