Ragini Gaudi, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: c. 1750-1770
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 23.2 × 15.3 cm (9 1/8 × 6 in.); Outermost Border: 24.2 × 16.3 cm (9 1/2 × 6 3/8 in.); Paper: 30.6 × 22.5 cm (12 1/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Origin: Rajasthan
Holding institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Palette: Terracotta Slip · Orange family · #C55D38 · 47%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #95AF8D · 13%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #999552 · 11%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #918872 · 6%

Saffron Fiber · Yellow family · #C7A843 · 5%

Mossed Limestone · Green family · #688367 · 5%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3F352E · 3%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A16D4A · 3%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #5A4A36 · 2%

Pine Needle · Green family · #51654D · 2%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #5D6870 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #9D4D31 · <1%

Amber Varnish · Orange family · #C08340 · <1%

Waxed Cedar · Orange family · #AD6540 · <1%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #DCCC9D · <1%

Peach Bole · Orange family · #D08155 · <1%

Celadon Body · Green family · #89AC64 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #CD5020 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Gift of Russell Tyson

12 tags

Related to Music Metadata · 97%

The title identifies the work as a page from a Jaipur Ragamala set, and the catalog lists music and musicians among its subjects.
Human Figure Visual · 99%

Three standing human figures are prominently depicted in the garden scene.
Animals Visual · 99%

A peacock stands near the center of the image, with its long patterned tail extending across the foreground.
Flora Visual · 99%

The scene contains abundant stylized trees, flowering plants, shrubs, and lotus blossoms.
Text Visual · 99%

Several lines of handwritten Indic-script text occupy a yellow panel across the upper portion of the page.

Patterns Visual · 96%

Repeated floral, foliage, textile, and border motifs create a strongly patterned surface.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog classifies the work as a painting and identifies its medium as opaque watercolor and gold on paper.
Work on Paper Metadata · 99%

The catalog explicitly identifies paper as the support; the image visibly presents a painted page with surrounding paper margins.
Watercolor Metadata · 99%

The catalog specifies opaque watercolor as the medium.

18th Century Art Metadata · 98%

The catalog dates the work to approximately 1750–1770, within the eighteenth century.

Indian Art Metadata · 98%

The work is identified as India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, with Rajasthan given as its place of origin.

Gold Both · 97%

Gold is listed in the catalog medium, and small metallic-looking gold accents are visible in the figures' ornaments, garments, and decorative details.

anonymous. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/129861

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