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8/22/2014 - 12/14/2014
Organizing institution: The University of Virginia, McIntire Department of Art
Folio 48 from a Manuscript of the Ramayana: Ravana Visits the City of Asma, a City in Varuna’s Realm that Belongs to the Danava King Bali Mughal, dated 1002 AH/1594 CE Opaque color, ink, and gold on paper Private collection The story of Rama, an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, was translated from Sanskrit to Persian by order of the emperor Akbar. Traditionally attributed to the sage Valmiki, the text chronicles a great war caused by the abduction of Rama’s wife Sita by Ravana, the demon king of Lanka.
A Feast in a Pavilion Deccani or Mughal, c. 1590 Ink, opaque color, and gold on paper Private collection
The Heroine Consults with Her Confidante. A leaf from a Rasikapriya of Kesava Dasa, Malwa, 1634 14 ¼ x 12 in framed Private collection
The Humiliation of Rukmin Rajasthan, Kota c. 1700–10 Ink, opaque color, and gold on paper Private Collection
An Enraged Elephant Kota, c. 1740 Opaque color and gold on paper Private collection
Organizing institution: The University of Virginia, McIntire Department of Art
Folio 48 from a Manuscript of the Ramayana: Ravana Visits the City of Asma, a City in Varuna’s Realm that Belongs to the Danava King Bali Mughal, dated 1002 AH/1594 CE Opaque color, ink, and gold on paper Private collection The story of Rama, an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, was translated from Sanskrit to Persian by order of the emperor Akbar. Traditionally attributed to the sage Valmiki, the text chronicles a great war caused by the abduction of Rama’s wife Sita by Ravana, the demon king of Lanka.
A Feast in a Pavilion Deccani or Mughal, c. 1590 Ink, opaque color, and gold on paper Private collection
The Heroine Consults with Her Confidante. A leaf from a Rasikapriya of Kesava Dasa, Malwa, 1634 14 ¼ x 12 in framed Private collection
The Humiliation of Rukmin Rajasthan, Kota c. 1700–10 Ink, opaque color, and gold on paper Private Collection
An Enraged Elephant Kota, c. 1740 Opaque color and gold on paper Private collection
Exhibition Objects (38)
Artists (7)
- Fatu (active early 19th century - )
- Hasan (son of Ahmad) (active late 18th century - early 19th century)
- Indian Artist
- Khem Karan (active ca. 1580 - ca. 1605)
- Mahmud (active 18th century - )
- Nainsukh (ca. 1710 - 1778, Basoli, India)
- Sahibdin (active 1628 - 1655)