The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

The Lovelorn Heroine, from a Sat Sai of Bihari

The Lovelorn Heroine, from a Sat Sai of Bihari

1780–90
Image: 19.3 x 14.2 cm (7 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.); Overall: 26.5 x 21.1 cm (10 7/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

The Sat Sai is a collection of poems mainly describing the beauty of women in a range of emotional states. The heroine of this poem sits against a tree that is in full flower, like her, but her lover is absent, and other girls walk by, gossiping. Not coincidentally, her dress matches the color of the blossoms, and no bees come to pollinate.
  • ?-1971
    (John D. MacDonald, Cambridge, MA, ?-1971, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1971-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1971-present
  • Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1-September 9, 2019).
    Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 18, 2004-May 23, 2005).
    Sakhi: Friend and Messenger in Rajput Painting. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC (March 8-July 6, 1998).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1971.86