Madhumadhavi ragini
1680
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1680
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Madhumadhavi ragini is a 1680 paint by Unknown, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a lady feeding peacocks while her maid prepares her bed. The scene is serene and intimate, with the lady and her maid engaged in quiet activities. The lady is associated with a musical mode, adding a layer of meaning to the scene. To learn more about the use of light and shadow in this painting, look into the technique of chiaroscuro.
A ragamala painting in opaque watercolour on paper depicts a scene from the musical mode Madhumadhavi ragini, showing a woman feeding peacocks from a cup while a maid attends to a bed beside her. Four peacocks are perched in a tree, and another maid prepares a second bed in an adjacent chamber. The work belongs to a larger set created at Amer, the capital of the Kachhwaha Rajputs, who later established Jaipur.
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