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Ascetic by a lotus pool, illustrating the musical mode Devagandhara Ragini

  • Description

    Ragamala, or the pictorial representation of the various ragas, was a widely popular genre in Mughal India. Devagandhara is depicted as a lady whom the pain of separation from her lover has transformed into an emaciated ascetic.

  • Details

    Series
    Garland of Ragas
    Associated place
    AsiaIndiawest IndiaRajasthansouth Rajasthan Bundi (place of creation)
    Date
    1645 - 1655
    Artist/maker
    Bundi School (active c. 1590 - 1850)
    Material and technique
    gouache with gold on paper
    Dimensions
    mount 55.4 x 40.2 cm (height x width)
    painting 25 x 15.5 cm (height x width)
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Douglas and Mary Barrett, 2013.
    Accession no.
    EA2013.46
  • Further reading

    Topsfield, Andrew, Indian Paintings from Oxford Collections, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum in association with the Bodleian Library, 1994), no. 11 on p. 28, p. 6, illus. p. 29

Glossary (2)

Ragamala, Ragini

  • Ragamala

    Raga (feminine ragini) are musical modes, often represented by compositions of ladies, lovers, warriors, animals or gods, in series of Ragamala ('Garland of Ragas') paintings, a very popular artistic genre in north India and the Deccan c. 1500 - 1800.

  • Ragini

    Raga (feminine ragini) are musical modes, often represented by compositions of ladies, lovers, warriors, animals or gods, in series of Ragamala ('Garland of Ragas') paintings, a very popular artistic genre in north India and the Deccan c. 1500 - 1800.

Location

    • First floor | Room 33 | Mughal India

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