Drawing for a Ramayana series: Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva in conference (fol. 204) / Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills / Attributed to
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.149
- Title
- Drawing for a Ramayana series: Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva in conference (fol. 204)
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- India (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- India (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Rajput/Pahari
- Dimensions
- 24.77 cm x 34.61 cm (9 3/4 in. x 13 5/8 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- line drawing
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- narrative painting
- Physical Description
- Rama and Lakshmana sit under a tree with the King of the monkeys, surrounded by monkeys. Some monkeys have taken to flight in the upper corners of the drawing. With a few deft strokes the artist conveys the swiftly changing emotions of the moment, as the monkeys respond with astonishment, empathy, and action to Rama’s pleas.
- Subject Matter
- In this drawing for a scene from the Ramayana, the hero Rama and his brother Lakshmana are seen entreating Sugriva, king of a divine tribe of monkeys, for aid. The brothers had searched in vain for Sita, Rama’s beloved wife, after she had been abducted from their forest hermitage. While they are conferring, several monkeys of Sugriva’s divine tribe take to the skies, eager to begin the search.
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- crown (headdress)
- headgear
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1536 x 1024
- File Size
- 152 KB
- Record
- 1975/2.149
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"Drawing for a Ramayana series: Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva in conference (fol. 204); Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills; Attributed to." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1975-sl-2.149/1975_2.149.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
