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The Resourceful Lover
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The painting features an amorous couple on a daybed near a river. As a wild elephant charges towards them, the male figure holds up a black shield and large, gold mace to protect himself and his lover. Rajput Style, Mewar School.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of John Kenneth Galbraith
Title: The Resourceful Lover
Description:
The painting features an amorous couple on a daybed near a river.
As a wild elephant charges towards them, the male figure holds up a black shield and large, gold mace to protect himself and his lover.
Rajput Style, Mewar School.
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