Virahini Nayika, Love-Torn Heroine

Date

c. 1800

Medium

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Origin

India, Pahari Hills, Kangra school, late 18th-early 19th Century

Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

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