Skip to Main Content

Maru Ragini, from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)

1650–80
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Painting: 26 x 17.6 cm (10 1/4 x 6 15/16 in.)
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.168
Location: not on view
Public Domain
You can copy, modify, and distribute this work, all without asking permission. Learn more about CMA's Open Access Initiative.

Download, Print and Share

Did You Know?

The warrior’s belt is called a kamarband in Persian and is the origin of the English cummerbund.

Description

A Rajput warrior holding a spear, with piercing dagger (katar) and sword attached to his belt, stands alone with his camel in a landscape. They have arrived at the banks of a stream, verdant in contrast to the intense hot yellow of the ground behind them. The musical mode associated with this painting is based on folk melodies of Rajasthan, where local stories feature a hero with a camel mount.
Maru Ragini, from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)

Maru Ragini, from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)

1650–80

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber or Southwestern India, Deccan

See Also

Visually Similar by AI

    Contact us

    The information about this object, including provenance, may not be currently accurate. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about this object, please email collectionsdata@clevelandart.org.

    To request more information about this object, study images, or bibliography, contact the Ingalls Library Reference Desk.

    All images and data available through Open Access can be downloaded for free. For images not available through Open Access, a detail image, or any image with a color bar, request a digital file from Image Services.