1878
oil
canvas
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Copy of painting inside the caves of Ajanta (Cave 2) is a 1878 oil by John Griffiths, a Patna School of Painting work, depicting Floral Pattern, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This oil copy shows a fragment of Ajanta Cave 2’s painted ceiling. Bright colors and flowing lines copy the ancient originals. The cave’s murals are some of India’s oldest surviving paintings. Griffiths painted this in the 1870s. He copied panels threatened by time and fire damage. His work helps us see art that almost vanished. Look up the real Ajanta murals at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A painted panel from the ceiling of the veranda in Ajanta Cave 2, this strip features curling floral stems adorned with various flowers and fruit, along with two birds positioned near the lower edge. Part of the oldest surviving Indian paintings dating from the 1st century BC to around AD 480, the work was copied in the 1870s by John Griffiths and his students as part of a documentation effort following earlier losses.
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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