Vangala Raga
1700
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1700
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Vangala Raga is a 1700 paint by Unknown, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting depicts a man and a woman in a room. The man is seated on a blue platform, wearing a brown robe and a white turban with a black plume. He holds a mirror in his right hand and a white cloth in his left. The woman stands to his right, dressed in a yellow skirt and green top, holding a white cloth in her right hand and a fan in her left. She wears a white headband and has a white cloth draped over her left shoulder. The background of the painting is orange, with a blue border at the top. The overall atmosphere of the scene is one of elegance and refinement. To learn more about the artistic style of this painting, explore the Baroque movement.
A ragamala painting in opaque watercolor on paper depicts the musical mode Vagala Raga, showing a prince seated on a blue carpet with a yellow border, gazing into a mirror while being fanned by a girl holding a fly-whisk. The work was acquired from the collection of Mr. Michael Rothenstein, with the IS.46 to 73-1953 series purchased for £300 in 1953.
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