The Marriage of Pradyumna and Rukmavati, page from a Bhagavata Purana, c. 1525-50. Northern India. Gum tempera and ink on paper; overall: 16.3 x 21.5 cm (6 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.). Pradyumna was the son of Krishna and an incarnation of the god of love. The scene of his marriage is in the upper register, where a brahmin priest to the right of the pole, wearing a white lower garment and looped topknot of hair, performs the ceremony. Their arrival at the ceremony is pictured below.The flattened spaces and bold variety of background colors are typical of a major strain of Indian paintings made before the time of the Mughal emperor Akbar (reigned 1556-1605), who catalyzed stylistic changes derived from exposure to Persian and European art forms.