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Vilavali Ragini, by Unknown, paint, 1760

Vilavali Ragini

Unknown

1760

paint

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Dominant colour

Overview

Vilavali Ragini is a 1760 paint by Unknown, a Mughal Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Unknown
When & what style?
1760 · Mughal Painting
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This painting shows a woman in a room. She's wearing a yellow sari with a red border and a purple shawl. She's sitting on a white mat on the floor, playing a stringed instrument. The room has a patterned rug and a wall with a window and some flowers. The woman is the main focus of the painting. She's looking down at her instrument, and her face is calm. The room around her is simple, but it has some nice details like the pattern on the rug and the flowers on the wall. If you like this painting, you might want to check out more works from the Romanticism movement.

The story of this work

Overview

The artwork depicts a scene from the musical mode Vilavali Ragini, rendered in opaque watercolour on paper. It shows a woman adjusting her jewelry while a maid holds a mirror before her.

Read the full account in the museum source.

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