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rama, ramayana, ca. 1605

“The Death of King Dasharatha, the Father of Rama”, Folio from a Ramayana

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.

Artwork Details

Artist

Unknown (Kishangarh atelier)

Era

c. 1750 CE, Rajput

Medium

Opaque watercolour and gold on paper

File

7200 × 9600 px · TIFF · 412 MB

License

Royalty-free · Commercial use

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