Dushyanta watching his son Bharat playing with the tiger at the end of the Abhijnanashakuntalam (verso), from a Kalighat album
A painting depicting a scene from Abhijnanashakuntalam. A man in a green tunic with white dots and red undergarments and shawl stands on the left, wearing a crown-like hat with red jewels and touching his necklace. A tree trunk is behind him. A naked man on the bottom center reaches out to a tiger with black stripes. To the right, a woman in a red sari with white dots touches the arm of another woman in a green sari with a green head covering. The background has a large green tree and a blue sky.
Artwork Details
- Dimensions
- 774 × 900 px
- Museum Record
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