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Rama, Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman

Painting
ca. 1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Painting, Rama enthroned, with Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman in attendance.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Hinduism
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleRama, Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Gold
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Rama enthroned, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, Murshidabad sub-style, ca. 1760-1770
Physical description
Painting, Rama enthroned, with Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman in attendance.
Dimensions
  • Height: 303mm (maximum)
  • Width: 215mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 257mm (approx.)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 186mm (approx.)
14/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of the Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Rama enthroned, with Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman in attendance.
Style
Mughal
Object history
Transferred from the Department of Engraving, Illustration & Design.

RP 57/68
Production
The painting is in Murshidabad sub-style
Subjects depicted
Hinduism
Parasols
Throne
Deities
Rama
Sita
Lakshman
Hanuman
Literary referenceRamayana
Bibliographic reference
Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) : p.47
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
D.357-1908

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Record createdJanuary 9, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O89048/rama-sita-lakshman-and-hanuman-painting-unknown/
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