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Bangali Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a painting of a scene with three people in a room. The room has a reddish-brown border around it. The scene shows a woman standing on the left wearing a blue and orange dress. There are two people sitting on a rug in the center of the image; the person on the left is wearing yellow and red and the person on the right is wearing dark green and pink, holding a bow. The background of the scene includes a white building with arched windows and a tiled roof. There are trees visible outside the building. The top of the image features black text written in a foreign language. The overall atmosphere suggests a traditional Indian setting, possibly from the 18th or 19th century.

Artwork Details

Date
1709
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gilt on paper
Culture
India (Rajasthan, Amber)
Dimensions
424 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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