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Hanuman Revives Rama and Lakshmana with Medicinal Herbs: Illustrated folio from a dispersed Ramayana series

Nainsukh

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A framed illustration on aged paper depicts a scene from a story. The frame has a peach outer border and a blue inner border with a gold dotted design. The scene shows a grassy hillside with a group of people and monkeys. A man in a pink robe stands on the right. A man with red shorts and a gray top faces left. A man in yellow sits on the ground with his legs outstretched to the left. A man lies on the ground to his right. Monkeys and people surround them in a semi-circle. Some people wear orange and white pants. A few people wear black. A few are barefoot. A large group of people stand at the top of the hill. The background has a blue sky, a tan hill on the left, and a tan and brown building on the right.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1790
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Culture
India, Punjab Hills, Guler
Dimensions
599 × 434 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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