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A Young, Angry Heroine, Folio 28 from a Rasamanjari

c. 1615–20

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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.)

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1960.52

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Men applied fragrant black pastes to their underarms.

Description

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.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Recto, upper center: You are expert in flirtation; you are charming; you are my lord and wonderful in your youthful handsomeness.

Inscription

Recto, center: Madya Dhira Adhira.

Provenance

?-1960

(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1960-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Lee, Sherman E. and George Montgomery. Rajput Painting; with an introductory essay and catalogue notes. New York: Asia House, 1960. Reproduced p. 25; plate 14

“Annual Report for 1960.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 48, no. 6, 1961, pp. 107–147. www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 238 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 238 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 305 archive.org

Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 90

Exhibition history

Rajput Painting. Asia House, New York, NY (December 3, 1960-January 22, 1961).

Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 13, 2003-February 18, 2004).

Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 18, 2004-May 23, 2005).

Rajput Painting. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 22, 1961).

Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

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