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A DOUBLE-SIDED ALBUM FOLIO FROM THE RASIKA PRIYA OF KESHAV DAS: KRISHNA APPROACHES RADHA'S CHAMBER, HE SPEAKS TO HER SAKHI (CONFIDANTE) OUTSIDE, A NAYIKA AND HER SAKHI CONVERSING
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- A DOUBLE-SIDED ALBUM FOLIO FROM THE RASIKA PRIYA OF KESHAV DAS: KRISHNA APPROACHES RADHA'S CHAMBER, HE SPEAKS TO HER SAKHI (CONFIDANTE) OUTSIDE, A NAYIKA AND HER SAKHI CONVERSING
- Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
- image: recto 7 by 5 3/8 in. (17.8 by 13.7 cm); verso 7 1/8 by 5 1/4 in. (18.1 by 13.3 cm)
- folio: 8 3/8 by 6 5/8 in. (21.3 by 16.8 cm) unframed
Catalogue Note
The present and following illustrations comprise leaves from the earliest known, dated Malwa painting series of 1634. Other leaves from this well-known series are dispersed in public and private collections world wide: The National Museum, New Delhi (which holds the colophon page with date of 1634), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and The Brooklyn Museum to name a few.