Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
unknown, India
Title:
A nayak and nayika scene
Collection Title Date:
1410-1976
Date:
latter half 18 century A.D.
Place of Origin/Discovery:
India, Punjab Hills, Kangra
Materials:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -11/16 x w 10 -1/4
Current Location:
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Address:
Berkeley, CA 94720
Object ID:
1998.42.149
Provenance:
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Object Type:
Drawing
Heading:
Description
Notes:
The nayak (hero) confronts the nayika (heroine) in a courtyard while walls zigzag to cut the scene into various compartments. A man stands at a doorway in the center and a groom waits with a saddled and bridled horse outside the door.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/kt2x0n99j t

A nayak and nayika scene