A KING SEEKING ADVICE FROM AN ASCETIC Mewar, North India, 19th century  Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the two paintings presenting a very similar narrative composition with a king seeking advice from an ascetic in the background at the top, the middle ground dominated by scenes with gods such as Krishna calming a frenzied horse and listening to music, and Balarama saving two maidens from a group of evil monkeys, and the foreground with the final resolution, in one painting with the king being ridden back on his chariot and in the latter, Balarama surrounded by the girls he saved, within black rules and set in bright red borders, each approximately 37.8cm x 25.5cm.