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A Female Musician Charms an Antelope
| Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
|---|---|
| Artist | Anonymous |
| Organization | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Spatial Coverage | Kota Rajasthan |
| Temporal Coverage | Circa 1825 |
| Description | The rugged, inhospitable terrain of Rajasthan, a favorite setting for Kota court artists, provides an unlikely context for a dalliance with the god Krishna. A prominent hunting tower—built to facilitate the shooting of animals driven into range by beaters—overlooks the sparsely wooded landscape. In the foreground, a female musician sits before the tower playing a sitar, while a mrig (a type of musk deer) stands before her, transfixed by the music. From the turret of the tower, Krishna gestures toward a leopard retreating over the horizon; another big cat climbs the hill. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication |
| Use Rights URL | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed |
| Subject Keyword | Antelope Kota Music Rajasthan Woman Painting Rajput Miniature Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Painting |