Madhumadhavi Ragini
Painting
ca. 1760 (made)
ca. 1760 (made)
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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
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| Object type | |
| Title | Madhumadhavi 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. |
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| 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 created | December 12, 2003 |
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