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Madhumadhavi Ragini
Indian, Rajput
About 1760
Medium/Technique
Ink, color, gold, tin and brass on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 27.3 × 20.8 cm (10 3/4 × 8 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Patricia Pratt in honor of John Goelet
Accession Number2019.717a-b
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
This painting belongs to a set of ragamalas (paintings of ragas or Indian musical modes) that were produced in the Rajput kingdom of Bundi or Kota in the 18th century. Because the MFA collection holds fifteen paintings from the series, it is widely known as the “Boston Ragamala." The fifteen paintings in the MFA are 66.164, 67.793–804 and 2019.717-718.
Inscriptionsmegharaga ki ragini madhaimadhavi suhari gavje... (Megha raga’s ragini madhumadhavi...)
ProvenanceBy about 1965, sold by a dealer in Madras or Calcutta, India, to John Goelet, New York; 1966, sold by John Goelet to Patricia Pratt, Cambridge, MA; 2019, gift of Patricia Pratt to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2019)