2009.202.114: Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, and Hanuman Being Worshiped by a Crowd, drawing for a Ramayana
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2009.202.114
- People
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Attributed to The Kota Master, Indian
- Title
- Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, and Hanuman Being Worshiped by a Crowd, drawing for a Ramayana
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- early 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/217489
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink and opaque white watercolor on paper; Rajput Style, Kota School
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 16 cm (6 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Stuart Cary Welch (by 1969 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.
Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1969.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
- Accession Year
- 2009
- Object Number
- 2009.202.114
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- In this drawing, Rama and his wife, Sita, sit on a covered platform. Rama has a quiver on his back and holds a bow and arrow. Behind Rama and Sita is Rama’s brother, Lakshmana, who also carries a bow and arrow. Standing in front of Rama is the monkey god Hanuman. The platform faces a large crowd of people, who pay their respects to the group by prostrating or clasping their hands in prayer. The drawing depicts one of the final scenes of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana, in which Rama, Lakshmana, and Sita have returned from a fourteen-year exile after rescuing Sita from the demon-king Ravana, with the help of Hanuman. Rajput Style, Kota School.
Exhibition History
- The Art of Storytelling: Five Tales from Asia, Then and Now, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, 09/08/2015 - 12/13/2015
Verification Level
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