Object number1976.63.11

Bangali Ragini

Portfolio/Seriesfrom a Ragamala series

Datec. 1820

Artist Currently Unidentified

CultureIndian [Jaipur]

MediumOpaque watercolor and gold on paper

DimensionsImage: 11 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (29.2 x 20 cm)
Matted: 22 1/16 x 16 1/8 in. (56 x 41 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Pitt (Juliet Thompson, class of 1922)

On View

On view

Period19th c (Rajput period)

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

Vassar Exhibitions

India in Miniature: Works from the Permanent Collection

Exhibition HistoryArt of India: Convergence of Cultures from the Romans to the Raj, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY, January 2 - March 18, 1997;

India in Miniature: Works from the Permanent Collection, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, January 24 - April 23, 2017

Label TextAt the foundation of Indian music are raga, sets of musical melodies that are meant to elicit specific experiences in listeners. Since the 5th century CE, the original classifications have expanded to include ragini, considered the “wives” of the raga. Ragini paintings capture aspects of the human experience–moments of passion, celebration, reflection, and accomplishment–with compositions that focus on female figures and use colors that are believed to evoke particular emotions.

DescriptionDepiction of a seated woman holding a small object in one hand and a trident in another as well as two attendant-like figures standing at left and holding small items. They are outside an elaborately patterned building with foliage in the background at left. Around the image are several patterned borders.

Terms

police women

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