Abhisarika Nayika ("The Heroine Going to Meet Her Lover at an Appointed Place"), Mola Ram, circa 1800

Night scene: a woman walks between two groups of trees. She looks down over her shoulder at a golden anklet, which has apparently just fallen off. Several snakes appear at her feet, including one which has wrapped itself around the base of a tree at the right. Above there is a multi-forked bolt of lightning. Attribution to mola ram of garhwal was made by a descendant of the artist, balak ram sah. Date: circa 1800. Medium: gouache and gold on paper. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Abhisarika-nayika-mola-ram