Love Scene from the Rasikapriya
Unknown Artist
18th century
Medium
Black ink on paper
Dimensions
H. 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm) W. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)
Classification
Codices
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Richard Ettinghausen, 1976
Accession Number
1976.109
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate "Love Scene from the *Rasikapriya*" a gem from an 18th codex, a hand-illustrated manuscript page rendered in black ink on paper Measuring just over 4 inches square, captures an intimate moment between lovers, evoking the poetic classifications of heroic and heroine figures central to the *Rasikapriya*, a renowned Hindi text by the poet Keshavdas. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Islamic Department, it reflects the cross-cultural artistry of the Mughal and regional Indian courts, where Persian miniature traditions merged with indigenous themes of romance and emotion. Th...