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THE COLLECTION OF MARILYN T.
GRAYBURN, NEW YORK
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A PAINTING FROM A GITA GOVINDA
SERIES: RADHA PREPARES A BED
OF LEAVES
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MEWAR, CIRCA 1714
Folio 10 x 17¿ in. (25.4 x 43.5 cm.)
Image 8¬ x 15Ω in. (21.9 x 39.4 cm.)
$4,000-6,000

The present painting depicts a scene from the
Gita Govinda, Jayadeva’s epic love poem of Krishna
and Radha. In this scene, Radha prepares a bed of
leaves beneath a bower of garlands for a midnight
tryst with her beloved and sends her sakhi, or
confident, to talk to Krishna.
This work belongs to a widely dispersed series
said to be painted by several hands for Maharana
Sangram Singh in 1714. Other works from this
series are at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
(acc. no. 1990.217), the Royal Ontario Museum
(acc. nos. 971.281.4 and 971.281.3), the Brooklyn
Museum (acc. no. 77.138), the San Diego Museum
of Art (acc. no. 1990.620) and the Detroit Museum
of Art (acc. nos. 71.316.A and 71.317.A). Another
illustration from this series recently sold at
Sotheby’s New York, 20 September 2021, lot 385.

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