A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala (c. 1695): Art, History and Details

A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala (c. 1695) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

A sumptuous palace setting depicts the women’s quarters. In the upper register a woman approaches a bed made under a canopy on a terrace overlooking a lotus pool in the middle of which is a pleasure pavilion. An attendant holds a peacock tail feather whisk to indicate the royal status of the woman in the center; two musicians play drum and cymbals in the lower right.

Object facts

• Title: A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala
• Date: c. 1695
• Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar
• Type: Painting
• Technique: gum tempera, ink, silver, and gold on paper
• Dimensions: Page: 38.1 x 28.9 cm (15 x 11 3/8 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 2018.138

A detail from the museum

“Dipak” means lamp; one attendant holds a lamp; another is on a golden stand.

Collection credit

Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

View the collection record

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