Artwork
Gujari ragini
Gujari ragini is a paint painting by the Baroque artist Unknown. It dates from 1680 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
This painting, titled Gujari ragini, is part of a ragamala series, a collection of artworks that visually interpret musical modes and poetic verses.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a woman playing a vina, a stringed instrument, conveying a sense of melancholy as she yearns for her lover. The ragamala series explores the joys and sorrows of love, personifying musical modes as male and female characters.
Context
The ragamala series combines music and art to narrate stories about love, reflecting a cultural tradition that intertwines these two art forms.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
Giacomo and Cardinal Marco, investing Andrea, Abbot of San Zeno, with his Benefice
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
