Raga Dipak, from a Garland of Musical Modes (Ragamala) manuscript Artist: Unknown

late 17th century

Asian Art

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The conventional image of lovers on a terrace illustrates a tune that is intended to be sung at dusk in May or June. The song invokes fires—both literal and figurative.

Medium

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

Approx.: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (44.5 × 29.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Lauder Greenway, B.A. 1925, Ph.D. 1930

Accession Number

1939.553

Geography

Awadh, India

Culture

Indian

Period

Mughal dynasty (1526–1857)

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
Said to have been given by the Maharaja of Kishangarh to a British army officer for services in 1857; Imre Schwaiger (1868-1940), New Delhi, India; acquired in 1938 in India by Lauder Greenway (1904–1981), New York; gift in 1939 to Yale University Art Gallery, New haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Kishwar Rizvi, "Islamic Art at the Yale University Art Gallery," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018), 104, fig. 21
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

figures (representations)

Inscriptions

Recto: راک دیپک\r\nVerso: راک دیپک

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