Setmalar Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes), ca. 1630–40, India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (33.7 x 24.8 cm), Paintings, This ragini evokes the rainy season and is given dramatic expression by the bands of heavy clouds and snakelike bolts of lightning across the upper register. The associated text by Lachiman Das tells of a woman, who, stricken by separation from her husband, has dressed as a man and taken up asceticism: “[She] has rubbed ash on her body
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Setmalar Ragini, Folio, ragamala series, Garland, Musical Modes, ca, 1630–40, India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa, Ink, opaque watercolor, paper, 13 1/4 x 9 3/4, 33.7 24.8 cm, Paintings, ragini, evokes, rainy season, given dramatic, expression, bands, heavy clouds, snakelike bolts, lightning across, upper register, associated text, Lachiman Das, tells, woman, stricken, separation, husband, dressed, man, up asceticism, rubbed ash, body
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