rama, ramayana, c. 1710

Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali and King Shivi, folio 39 from the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

Archival Details

  • Tradition: Ramayana
  • Period: c. 1710
  • Medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
  • Dimensions: Overall: 20 x 38.2 cm (7 7/8 x 15 1/16 in.)
  • Credit line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
  • Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 2018.142

Illustrated Ramayana manuscripts depict episodes from the epic of Rama, one of the most widely illustrated narratives in Indian painting, produced across many regional courts and workshops in a range of styles from the medieval period onward.

Artwork Details

Artist

Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

Tradition

Ramayana

File

2560 × 1594 px · JPG · 674 KB

License

Public domain (CC0) · Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art

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Accession no.

2018.142

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