Copy of painting in the caves of Ajanta (cave 16)
1882
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1882
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This is John Griffiths' 1881 oil painting copying a 1,900-year-old cave scene. The original in India’s Ajanta caves shows the Buddha as a boy learning archery. Griffiths made his copy to save the fading art. Most copies of Ajanta murals were lost in a fire in 1866. Griffiths and students spent winters there, copying one by one. Look up Griffiths, John next.
