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| Keywords: Indian - The Musical Mode Kanara (?) - Walters W882.jpg His body perfumed with delicious scents of various flowers clothed in yellow robes Kanara extremely versed in musical entertainment fascinates the dwellers of heaven This picture belongs to a large Ragamala series that is now dispersed in various public and private collections see Ehnbom et al 1985 p 212 for another example and full bibliographical references The series contains representations of the ragas and raginis as well as their sons ragaputra one of which is portrayed here Although these pictures are not inscribed a comparison with the later Bilaspur Ragamala now in the Berlin Museum suggests that the most likely candidate for the subject of this painting is Kanara see Waldschmidt and Waldschmidt 1967 part 1 fig 68 and p 136-7 As is characteristic of this series produced in a Bilaspur workshop this painting is rendered generally in the Basohli style of the second half of the 17th century with a bright and monochromatic background usually a mustard yellow as here against which the figures are defined with bold clarity The velvety green and red baldachin and the durrie-covered floor are however rendered in perspective and show Mughal influences which were relatively strong in Bilaspur in the late 17th century This influence explains why a Muslim figure is used for Kanara his naturalistic posture with his head in three-quarter profile and the expressive interaction of the figures ca 1700 pigments paper cm 22 9 16 5 accession number W 882 20643 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2001 place of origin Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh India Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings of India in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Musicians in art Music in art of India 18th-century watercolor paintings from India Bilaspur State Indian - The Musical Mode Kanara (?) - Walters W882.jpg His body perfumed with delicious scents of various flowers clothed in yellow robes Kanara extremely versed in musical entertainment fascinates the dwellers of heaven This picture belongs to a large Ragamala series that is now dispersed in various public and private collections see Ehnbom et al 1985 p 212 for another example and full bibliographical references The series contains representations of the ragas and raginis as well as their sons ragaputra one of which is portrayed here Although these pictures are not inscribed a comparison with the later Bilaspur Ragamala now in the Berlin Museum suggests that the most likely candidate for the subject of this painting is Kanara see Waldschmidt and Waldschmidt 1967 part 1 fig 68 and p 136-7 As is characteristic of this series produced in a Bilaspur workshop this painting is rendered generally in the Basohli style of the second half of the 17th century with a bright and monochromatic background usually a mustard yellow as here against which the figures are defined with bold clarity The velvety green and red baldachin and the durrie-covered floor are however rendered in perspective and show Mughal influences which were relatively strong in Bilaspur in the late 17th century This influence explains why a Muslim figure is used for Kanara his naturalistic posture with his head in three-quarter profile and the expressive interaction of the figures ca 1700 pigments paper cm 22 9 16 5 accession number W 882 20643 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2001 place of origin Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh India Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings of India in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Musicians in art Music in art of India 18th-century watercolor paintings from India Bilaspur State | ||||
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