Dipak Raga, One of the Thirty-Six Melodies (Ragamala): Personifying Love

Date

c. 1690

Medium

Gum tempera and ink on paper

Origin

Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari kingdom of Basohli

Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

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