Woman Disappointed by her Lover from the Rasikapriya

Object Details

• Court

  Mewar Court

• School/Tradition

  Rajput school

• Description

  Two consecutive scenes are depicted in this illustration to the Kavipriya verse inscribed at the top of the page. In the upper scene, a woman awaits her lover while her friend and messenger plucks flowers to adorn the bedchamber. When her lover does not apper, the woman breaks the flower garland and scatters her ornaments in despair and anger.

• Provenance

  To ?

  Ray E. Lewis (1923-2005), San Francisco, California. [1]

  To 1991

  Mr. Charles and Mrs. Catherine Page, Kentfield, California, purchased from Ray E. Lewis (1923-2005), San Francisco, California. [2]

  From 1991

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. Charles and Mrs. Catherine Page, Kentfield, California. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] According to Cathy Benkaim, Mr. and Mrs. Page acquired the painting from Ray Lewis, an Old Masters print dealer in San Francisco. See Curatorial Remark 5 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

• Previous custodian or owner

  R. E. Lewis, Inc. (active 1952-1999)

  Charles (1903-1997) and Catherine Page (1908-1996)

• Origin

  Udaipur, Rajasthan state, Mewar, India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Page

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1640s, 1630s

• Name

  Page, Charles and Catherine, R. E. Lewis, Inc.

• Place

  Udaipur, Rajasthan state, Mewar, India

• Topic

  Lovers, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Sisodia dynasty (861 - 1947), Woman

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings