Lady meeting her lover from the Rasamanjari of Bhanudatta series / India, Rajasthan, Mewar School / Attributed to

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Accession Number
1980/2.242
Title
Lady meeting her lover from the Rasamanjari of Bhanudatta series
Artist Nationality
Indian
Object Creation Date
circa 1630
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
India (nation)
Rajasthan (state)
Mewar
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
India (nation)
Creation Place 3
Rajasthan (state)
Creation Place 4
Mewar
Dimensions
24.77 cm x 19.05 cm (9 3/4 in. x 7 1/2 in.)
Century
17th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
album leaf
Secondary Object Classification
Painting
Secondary Object Type
calligraphy
Physical Description
Brightly colored painting with three primary registers. The uppermost and smallest register contains a poem. The lower two are larger and similar in size. The bottommost depicts stairs, architectural structures, snakes, and flowering plants. Above, the middle register frames a seated man under a canopy-like architectural form, who reaches out to grasp the wrist of a woman. Behind her is a flowering tree, and and the far right, and open door.
Subject Matter
According to the poem in the top register, this is a scene of two potential lovers meeting. The pair do not clasp hands or embrace, but the male appears to be forcibly grabbing the wrist of the woman. They are separated by an architectural structure: He remains in his room, seated on his bed, while she holds her hand up to her mouth, unsure and hesitant.
The fertile flowering bush behind the woman may suggest his romantic overtures will be successful.
The lower register shows a pair of snakes, one emerging for an analogous architectural canopy-like structure. Another snake, on the stairs above. is separated from the one below by what may be a palm tree, and two flowers on either side leaning slightly in opposite directions. It has been suggested that these snakes, in contrast to the man and woman above, will meet an obstacle in their pairing.
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
buildings and the land
circulation elements
components
components and systems
components by specific context
deciduous trees
descriptors
document genres
document genres by form
document genres for literary works
image-making processes and techniques
information forms
landscapes (environments)
natural landscapes
objects we use
painting and painting techniques
painting techniques
painting techniques by medium
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by activity
plants
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
settlements and landscapes
stair components
stairs and stair components
steps and step components
trees
trees by leaf life
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
woody plants
writing (processes)
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1980/2.242
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"Lady meeting her lover from the Rasamanjari of Bhanudatta series; India, Rajasthan, Mewar School; Attributed to." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1980-sl-2.242/1980_2.242.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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