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Virahotkanthita Nayika, Yearning for her Lover
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In this painting, a Virahotkanthita Nayika (“One Distressed by Separation”), a heroine that waits and yearns for her lover to return from a long journey, stands on a terrace. She is accompanied by a female attendant. Rajput Style, Bikaner School.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bienstock
Title: Virahotkanthita Nayika, Yearning for her Lover
Description:
In this painting, a Virahotkanthita Nayika (“One Distressed by Separation”), a heroine that waits and yearns for her lover to return from a long journey, stands on a terrace.
She is accompanied by a female attendant.
Rajput Style, Bikaner School.
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