The Heroine Who is Faithfully Loved: Leaf from a Rasamanjari
c. 1710
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
The Heroine Who is Faithfully Loved: Leaf from a Rasamanjari, c. 1710. India, Pahari, Nurpur, 18th century. Color and gold on paper; image: 17 x 26.8 cm (6 11/16 x 10 9/16 in.); overall: 20.5 x 28.2 cm (8 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee 1967.239
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- color and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 17 x 26.8 cm (6 11/16 x 10 9/16 in.); Overall: 20.5 x 28.2 cm (8 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Inscription on reverse, with title of verse in Takri-"Madhya Svadhina-patika" followed by Sanskrit verse and prose summary in Sarada script-"Although I refuse his amorous advances and do not yield myself, my sweetheart continues to attend me. What shall I do, O companion?" [numbered 70 though this is verse 71].
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1967.239
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1968, Sakhi: Friend and Messenger in Rajput Painting, Washington, DC. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. "Sakhi: Friend and Messenger in Rajput Painting" 3/8-7/6/98
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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