# Three Musicians Perform Before a King: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala

- Date: c. 1650
- Medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 20.8 x 16.5 cm (8 3/16 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/2018.131)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2018.131/2018.131_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A king sits on a throne with a yogic band around his legs, listening to the music of two sages: a blue-skinned sage on a stringed instrument (vina), and a white-skinned one playing cymbals. A standing percussionist accompanies them on a drum. An attendant behind the king holds the royal canopy over his head.