# The Lover Leaves Wistfully in the Morning after a Passionate Tryst: Lalit Ragini, from a Ragamala

- Date: c. 1600
- Medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Page: 19.1 x 16.5 cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
- Credit line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.123)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2018.123/2018.123_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

After a night of lovemaking, the lover leaves his sleeping consort early in the morning. He thoughtfully turns his head to take a last look at his beautiful beloved before departing. The heroine, unaware of her lover’s egression, slumbers on the footed bed with boldly patterned textile. The break of dawn has been depicted with the depiction of blue sky overlapping the black background.