Archival Details

• Tradition: Ramayana
• Period: 1800s
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: Overall: 32.6 x 21 cm (12 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
• Credit line: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
• Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1933.492.2.a

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.