The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover (Utka Nayaka)
c. 1750–55
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover (Utka Nayaka), c. 1750–55. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Guler. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 24.8 x 18.7 cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.); miniature: 21 x 15.1 cm (8 1/4 x 5 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.103
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: 24.8 x 18.7 cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.); Miniature: 21 x 15.1 cm (8 1/4 x 5 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Verso: light drawing in brown ink of a standing lady; traces of part of a purple stamp with the word "Bikaner" visible.
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2018.103
- Credit Line
- Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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