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Krishna Abhisarika Nayika, from a Rasikapriya manuscript
c. 1615-25
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Two women quarrel outside a house while the Nayaka (hero protagonist) watches from a safe distance. The woman wearing a red scarf appears to be the Nayaka’s wife or beloved, who has just realized her partner’s infidelity. In a fit of anger, she strangles the other woman, who would be the Nayaka’s mistress, and raises a leg to kick her.
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- Title: Krishna Abhisarika Nayika, from a Rasikapriya manuscript
- Date Created: c. 1615-25
- Physical Dimensions: Miniature: 12.1 x 12.7 cm (4 3/4 x 5 in.)
- Provenance: Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.166
- Medium: Color on paper
- Inscriptions: 26
- Fun Fact: The mistress of the protagonist offers her rival a betel leaf to calm her down.
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber
- Credit Line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Collection: Indian Art
- Accession Number: 2018.166
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