Archival Details
- Tradition: Ramayana
- Period: ca. 1605
- Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions: Painting: H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
W. 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm)
Page: H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
W. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) - Credit line: Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2002
- Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 2002.506
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.