Madhava plays his vina before five women drawing water from a well, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala
Unknown Artist
c. 1720
Medium
gum tempera and gold on paper
Dimensions
image: 19.1 × 28.6 cm · page: 21.7 × 30.9 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Accession Number
2018.93
About this artwork
Madhava sits under a tree playing his vina. As two women draw water from the well in earthen pots, another woman on her way from the well has turned around to hear Madhava’s music. Two women on the right have dropped and broken their pots.