1882
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Copy of painting inside the caves of Ajanta (cave 16) is a 1882 oil by John Griffiths, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting is a copy of one found in the caves of Ajanta. It's an oil painting made by John Griffiths. The original painting in the cave tells a story from the Mahisa Jataka. This story is about a man helping a buffalo being tormented by a monkey. To learn more about the style of this painting, look into the movement: Impressionism.
This copy reproduces a scene from the Mahisa Jataka in Cave 16 at Ajanta, where a man removes a monkey from a buffalo’s back beside a lotus-covered lake. In the upper register, three figures appear, one wearing a white robe and an ornate crown identified as the god Indra. The original paintings at Ajanta date from the 1st century BC to AD 480 and illustrate Buddhist Jataka tales. The copy was made between 1872 and 1885 by John Griffiths and seven Indian students under a Government of India commission and later held in the India Museum, London.
Read the full account in the museum source.
John Griffiths (29 November 1837 – 1 December 1918) was a Welsh artist who worked in India, noted for his Orientalist works.
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