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A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala

The painting is divided into two registers. The top register depicts a royal lady being attended by maidservants outside a bed chamber. The lower register depicts a noble walking with his consort, holding her tight and offering her a garland. The surrounding women dance and play music with an exuberance echoed in the vegetation.

Credit: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund...

c. 1695
Gum tempera and gold on paper
37.5 x 29.2cm
2018.139
Image and text: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023

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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Permanent collection