Shakuntala Patra-lekhan

Shakuntala Patralekhan
ArtistRaja Ravi Varma
Year1876
TypeOil on Canvas

Shakuntala Patra-lekhan is an 1876 painting by Raja Ravi Varma. The work depicts Shakuntala laying on grass, writing a letter to her lover Dushyanta. The work had won praise for Ravi Varma when it was presented at the Madras Fine Arts Exhibition of 1876.[1][2] Later acquired by the Duke of Buckingham, the painting was subsequently used in the English translation of Kalidasa's Shakuntalam.[1][3]

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References

  1. ^ a b Dinkar, Niharika (11 April 2014). "Private Lives and Interior Spaces: Raja Ravi Varma's Scholar Paintings". Art History. 37 (3). Wiley: 10. doi:10.1111/1467-8365.12085. ISSN 0141-6790.
  2. ^ Studies in History. Vikas Publishing House. 1986. p. 183. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  3. ^ Jain, K. (2007). Gods in the Bazaar: The Economies of Indian Calendar Art. Objects / histories. Duke University Press. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-8223-3926-7. Retrieved 9 July 2018.


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