Rama, Sita and Lakhshmana
Painting
ca. 1840 (made)
ca. 1840 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on cardboard, Rama, Sita and Lakhshmana at the hermitage, illustration to a Ramayana series. The sage Agastya receives Rama, Sita and Lakshmana in his hermitage of Panchavati in the great southern forest at the source of the Godaveri. The three exiles sit on the sword before the sage, clad in leaves; in the background are two ashramas amid the forest-covered Vindhya mountains, in the foreground the river Godaveri.
Object details
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| Title | Rama, Sita and Lakhshmana (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on cardboard |
| Brief description | Painting, Rama, Sita and Lakhshmana at hermitage, opaque watercolour and gold on cardboard, Pahari, Kangra, ca. 1840 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on cardboard, Rama, Sita and Lakhshmana at the hermitage, illustration to a Ramayana series. The sage Agastya receives Rama, Sita and Lakshmana in his hermitage of Panchavati in the great southern forest at the source of the Godaveri. The three exiles sit on the sword before the sage, clad in leaves; in the background are two ashramas amid the forest-covered Vindhya mountains, in the foreground the river Godaveri. |
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| Content description | The sage Agastya receives Rama, Sita and Lakshmana in his hermitage of Panchavati in the great southern forest at the source of the Godaveri. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Lord Curzon of Kedleston |
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| Literary reference | Ramayana |
| Bibliographic reference | Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022
p. 308, cat. no. 70. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.307-1927 |
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| Record created | October 29, 2002 |
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