Untitled

Unknown

ca. 1800 · Ink and wash with translucent watercolor on paper · Asian Art

The monkey army is shown constructing a bridge to Lanka so that Sita can be rescued from the evil Ravana. Above, the monkey king Sugriva and his general Hanuman consult with Rama and Lakshmana, who sit in a nearby forest. Typical of late eighteenth-century Kangra painters, the artist devoted great attention to descriptive details and dramatized the composition by the use of the jutting rock formation that intercepts the composition diagonally, energizing the whole.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1800

Medium

Ink and wash with translucent watercolor on paper

Culture

India (Pahari Hills, Kangra)

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Subhash Kapoor, in memory of his parents, Smt Shashi Kanta and Shree Parshotam Ram Kapoor, 2008