Traditional Indian music is organized into a complicated system of families according to its emotional and structural content; each family consists of a male raga with five wives, or raginis, forming a ragamala, or “a garland of melodies.” Each raga is associated with a particular human emotion or mood, such as heroism, devotion or passion, as well as a certain time of day or season. Malavapanchama is a lordly figure seated on a throne and is being fanned by a young maiden.
Details
- Title: Ragamala Album: Malavapanchama Raga
- Date: c. 1625
- Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions: 7 x 5-1/2 in. (17.8 x 14.0 cm)
- Credit Line: The Norton Simon Foundation, Gift of Mr. Norton Simon
- Accession Number: F.1978.32.3.P
- Copyright: © The Norton Simon Foundation
Object Information
A Tale of Three Muses: Music, Poetry and Art in India and Nepal
- Norton Simon Museum, 1994-03-17 to 1994-09-04
Painting and Sculpture from Nepal, Tibet and Northwest India
- Norton Simon Museum, 1994-09-22 to 1997-06-01
Nepalese Ragamala Paintings
- Norton Simon Museum, 1987-04-09 to 1987-09-27
- Pal, Pratapaditya, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Volume 2: Art from the Himalayas & China, 2003, no. 162 pp. 10, 17, 19, 222, 237, 239, 253, 267
- Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 924 p. 352
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