1971.131: Virahotkanthita Nayika with Deer
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1971.131
- Title
- Virahotkanthita Nayika with Deer
- Classification
- Albums
- Work Type
- album folio
- Date
- 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/216411
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; Pahari Style, Kangra School
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 20.1 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Kenneth Galbraith
- Accession Year
- 1971
- Object Number
- 1971.131
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Holding onto the branches of a cherry blossom tree is a Virahotkanthita Nayika, (“One Distressed by Separation”), a heroine that waits for her lover to return from a long journey. She wears a mustard yellow dress and a matching shawl that covers her head and runs down her back; a head ornament; earrings; necklaces; armlets; and orange trousers. She has just taken off her orange shoes. Her fingers are stained orange with henna. A female deer is depicted on the left, approaching her. A stream occupies the foreground. The scene is set against a dark gray sky with a high, light blue, horizon line. Pahari Style, Kangra School.
Publication History
- Stuart Cary Welch and Milo Cleveland Beach, Gods, Thrones, and Peacocks Northern Indian Painting from Two Traditions, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1965), page 109/figure 76
Verification Level
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