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Heroine Rushing to Her Lover (Abhisarika Nayika )
Attributed to: The Family of Nainsukh
Indian, Pahari
late 18th century
Object Place: Kangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 19.5 x 29.5 cm (7 11/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2612
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsReverse: at center, in Devanagari: "Leaden and lowering and heavy-laden clouds -- dight in a robe of black -- dark collyrium is seen upon thine eyes. All thy limbs o'erspread with one dark hue -- thy bodice deeply dyed in dark cova. Lovely the jet-black silken robe,a nd all they gear becoming -- the black braid beauteous on they back let fall. At such times, in such a guise, when you meet your Krishna, all your efforts will bear fruit."
ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)