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Lot Essay
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.
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.