Explore the recent acquisition of a rich and unusual collection of Indian paintings and manuscript pages.
Composed by the 12th-century Sanskrit poet Jayadeva, the Gitagovinda describes in impassioned verses the love between the god Krishna and Radha, his favoured consort among the gopis or milkmaids of the Braj country near Mathura. The dispersed series to which this page belonged was the first commission carried out by Sahibdin as court painter to Maharana Jagat Singh I of Udaipur (r.1628-1652). In successive scenes, Radha describes to her
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Objects from past exhibitions may have now returned to our stores or a lender. Click into an individual object record to confirm whether or not an object is currently on display. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis, so please contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular Eastern Art object.
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