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Patamanjari Ragini, Fourth Wife of Bhairava Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)circa 1700-1750

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Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Patamanjari Ragini, Fourth Wife of Bhairava Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)
Place Made: India, Rajasthan, Bikaner
Date Made: circa 1700-1750
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 6 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. (15.88 x 11.75 cm); Sheet: 9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (24.13 x 17.46 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Jane Greenough Green in memory of Edward Pelton Green
Accession Number: AC1999.127.26
Classification: Drawings
Collecting Area: South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes: Patamanjari Ragini is an early morning melody associated with Autumn (September–November). This painting accords with the melody’s imagery as envisioned in the Rajasthani tradition with Patamanjari Ragini depicted as a woman distraught by the absence of her lover and sitting dejectedly with her head supported by her hand. She is being consoled by a confidante, who is occasionally shown singing. They are seated on a porch in a palace compound with a forlorn deer resting in the foreground. Stylistically, the painting is descended from Mughal artistic traditions in terms of its figural style and complex painted floral borders. See also M.77.154.8 and M.86.345.7.
Selected Bibliography: Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Paintings from Staff Collections. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Patamanjari Ragini, Fourth Wife of Bhairava Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)
Place Made: India, Rajasthan, Bikaner
Date Made: circa 1700-1750
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 6 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. (15.88 x 11.75 cm); Sheet: 9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (24.13 x 17.46 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Jane Greenough Green in memory of Edward Pelton Green
Accession Number: AC1999.127.26
Classification: Drawings
Collecting Area: South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes: Patamanjari Ragini is an early morning melody associated with Autumn (September–November). This painting accords with the melody’s imagery as envisioned in the Rajasthani tradition with Patamanjari Ragini depicted as a woman distraught by the absence of her lover and sitting dejectedly with her head supported by her hand. She is being consoled by a confidante, who is occasionally shown singing. They are seated on a porch in a palace compound with a forlorn deer resting in the foreground. Stylistically, the painting is descended from Mughal artistic traditions in terms of its figural style and complex painted floral borders. See also M.77.154.8 and M.86.345.7.
Selected Bibliography: Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Paintings from Staff Collections. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.