Woman Longing for Her Lover: Verati Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala (1650–60): Art, History and Details

Woman Longing for Her Lover: Verati Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala (1650–60) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

Outside an open bedchamber, a woman sits on a high stool with her arms stretched up overher head. Her attendant holds a pot of incense that will make her body and garments fragrant in anticipation of an amorous reunion. The red border with silver floral ornament is characteristic of this widely dispersed series.

Object facts

• Title: Woman Longing for Her Lover: Verati Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala
• Date: 1650–60
• Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
• Type: Painting
• Technique: gum tempera, ink, gold, and silver on paper
• Dimensions: Page: 30.2 x 24.2 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.); Miniature: 21 x 11.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 2018.176

A detail from the museum

A group of bumble bees surround the heroine, attracted to her perfume.

Collection credit

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

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