1650 (ca.), [Indian, Rajasthan, Bikaner], Khambhavati Ragini [watercolor] -- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond)
From the museum label: Khambhavati Ragini, the second wife of Malkos Raga, is personified as a lady venerating the four- headed Hindu creator god Brahma. This example is from the western Rajasthani court of Bikaner, whose atelier, perhaps more than any other, drew from the style of Mughal painting. Though their palatial surroundings, strewn with ritual vessels, are quite simplified, the figures are painted with remarkable naturalism. Delicate shading lends their bodies volume, and their faces are so realistic that hers might be a portrait of one of Bikaner's court ladies.
1650 (ca.), [Indian, Rajasthan, Bikaner], Khambhavati Ragini [watercolor] -- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond)
From the museum label: Khambhavati Ragini, the second wife of Malkos Raga, is personified as a lady venerating the four- headed Hindu creator god Brahma. This example is from the western Rajasthani court of Bikaner, whose atelier, perhaps more than any other, drew from the style of Mughal painting. Though their palatial surroundings, strewn with ritual vessels, are quite simplified, the figures are painted with remarkable naturalism. Delicate shading lends their bodies volume, and their faces are so realistic that hers might be a portrait of one of Bikaner's court ladies.