Three Musicians Perform Before a King: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala

Date

c. 1650

Medium

gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Origin

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Nearest in the field

• Krishna and Balarama touching the feet of Vasudeva and Devaki, from the “Vertical” Bhagavata Purana
• Worship of Dvaraka Nathji at Kankroli
• The Birth of Krishna, from a Sursagar of Surdas (Indian, c. 1480–1580)
• Krishna Under a Canopy
• Gunakali Ragini
• Kanhra Ragini
• Krishna and Consort on a Palace Balcony with Musicians: Vukharo Ragaputra of Bhairav, from the “Boston Ragamala”
• Vishnu on Ananta, the Endless Serpent

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