A couple in their chamber in early morning: Vighada Ragaputra of Shri Raga, from a Ragamala (c. 1700): Art, History and Details
A couple in their chamber in early morning: Vighada Ragaputra of Shri Raga, from a Ragamala at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1700, gum tempera and gold on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
A couple in their chamber in early morning: Vighada Ragaputra of Shri Raga, from a Ragamala (c. 1700) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
A couple sits on a striped carpet (durri) inside a brightly lit chamber. The man stretches his arms, apparently having just awoken, while the woman kneels before him in a gesture of address. Architectural details on the second floor include niches for bottles and red curtains rolled up to allow a breeze to pass through colorful bamboo screens.
Object facts
- Title: A couple in their chamber in early morning: Vighada Ragaputra of Shri Raga, from a Ragamala
- Date: c. 1700
- Type: Painting
- Technique: gum tempera and gold on paper
- Dimensions: Overall: 20.8 x 17.9 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.); Painting: 19.5 x 16.5 cm (7 11/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
- Collection: Indian Art
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession number: 2018.88
A detail from the museum
Vigadh is also known as vihaga, a word for “morning” in Pahari languages.
Collection credit
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Further reading listed by the museum
- Griswold, William, Cameron Kitchin, Chase F. Robinson, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, and National Museum of Asian Art (Smithsonian Institution). Pahari Paintings: Art and Stories, edited by Sonya Rhie Mace, Sarang Sharma, and Vijay Sharma. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2026.
- Cameron, Ainsley M. “Considering Painting from the Pahari Kingdoms through Sight, Sound, Smell and Touch.” Arts of Asia, (Spring 2026): 79-91.
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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