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Madhumadhavi Ragini

Painting
ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a reluctant young woman on a terace is persuaded by an older woman to take shelter in a pavilion. The younger woman appears to be afraid of bright lightning in the background of dark clouds. Illustration to the musical mode madhumadhavi ragini.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMadhumadhavi Ragini (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, madhumadhavi ragini, lady brought in from storm, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal style in Bengal, ca. 1760
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a reluctant young woman on a terace is persuaded by an older woman to take shelter in a pavilion. The younger woman appears to be afraid of bright lightning in the background of dark clouds. Illustration to the musical mode madhumadhavi ragini.
Dimensions
  • Height: 415mm
  • Width: 320mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 230mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 157mm
14/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
A reluctant young woman on a terrace is persuaded by an older woman to take shelter in a pavilion. The younger woman appears to be afraid of bright lightning in the background of dark clouds. Illustration to the musical mode madhumadhavi ragini.
Style
Object history
The painting was purchased from Messrs Maggs Brothers, London in 1958.
Production
Mughal style in Bengal
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) : p.46
Collection
Accession number
IS.17-1958

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Record createdDecember 12, 2003
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