Untitled

Unknown

ca. 1605–06 · Ink and opaque watercolor on paper · Asian Art

The texts related to this ragini tell of a vivacious woman anxiously waiting for her lover, who arrives far too late. The written sources build tension by describing her high spirits and excitement at being near her hero as well as her wish to enchant him through her actions and sentiment. Still, she suspects he has been with another woman, which is dramatized by her gesture of rejection and his posture of apology. As is typical in Rajput painting, emotion is not indicated by facial expressions but rather by gesture and allusion.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1605–06

Medium

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Culture

India (Rajasthan, Bikaner)

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Steven Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1981