A Young, Angry Heroine, Folio 28 from a Rasamanjari (c. 1615–20): Art, History and Details

A Young, Angry Heroine, Folio 28 from a Rasamanjari (c. 1615–20) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

The scene of a conversation between two lovers is set within a bedchamber, golden curtains pulled up. The heroine sits on the bed, with three long-necked wine vessels on the wall behind her. A brass ewer for washing with water is on the floor behind the bed.

Object facts

• Title: A Young, Angry Heroine, Folio 28 from a Rasamanjari
• Date: c. 1615–20
• Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar
• Type: Painting
• Technique: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
• Dimensions: Image: 21.8 x 15.4 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/16 in.); Overall: 25.5 x 18.8 cm (10 1/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 1960.52

A detail from the museum

Men applied fragrant black pastes to their underarms.

Collection credit

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Lee, Sherman E. and George Montgomery. Rajput Painting; with an introductory essay and catalogue notes. New York: Asia House, 1960.
• “Annual Report for 1960.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 48, no. 6, 1961, pp. 107–147.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.

View the collection record

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