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The lovelorn heroine, from a Sat Sai of Bihari

1780–90
Gum tempera and gold on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The Sat Sai was written for Raja Jai Singh I of Amber (r. 1625–67).

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