An illustration from a series on musical...

An illustration from a series on musical modes (Ragamala) Malpura, North India, mid-18th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a young princess attended by two ladies sits within a pavilion painting her lover, before them he approaches on horseback accompanied by three attendants, a yellow panel with 6ll. of Devanagari above, between gold borders on wide red margins, painting 23.5 x 14.2cm.; folio 33.9 x 24.7cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Switzerland formed between the 19