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Woman Longing for Her Lover: Verati Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala

Unknown

1655

unspecified

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

Baroque Mughal Painting Baroque Allegory

Dominant colour

Woman Longing for Her Lover: Verati Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala is a 1655 unspecified by Unknown, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Unknown
When & what style?: 1655 · Baroque
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

A woman sits on a tall stool outside her bedroom, arms stretched high above her head. Her servant holds a smoking pot of incense to scent her clothes and skin. The scene glows with deep reds and tiny silver flowers along the border. This painting comes from a *Ragamala*—a set of pictures that match Indian musical modes to moods and stories. Each image tells a different love story through color, gesture, and small details like the incense pot. To see more paintings like this, look up the subject rajput kingdom of kota.

The story of this work

Overview

Outside an open bedchamber, a woman sits on a high stool with her arms stretched up overher head. Her attendant holds a pot of incense that will make her body and garments fragrant in anticipation of an amorous reunion. The red border with silver floral ornament is characteristic of this widely dispersed series.