Arjuna and Draupadi
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Arjuna and Draupadi is a 1885 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, depicting Kalighat, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows two figures standing side by side. The person on the left is dancing, arms raised, wearing a yellow skirt and a white headpiece with dots. The person on the right holds a small object, dressed in a red skirt with orange stripes and a matching headpiece. Above them, a yellow circle with a wheel and birds floats in the sky. The bright colors and bold outlines give it a lively, almost cartoonish look. The figures stand out against a light blue background, making them pop. Want to know more? Look up kalighat.
A painting in opaque watercolor on paper depicts Arjuna shooting at the eye of a fish to win Draupadi’s hand in marriage. The work was acquired in 1894 from Miss M. Steele, whose mother, a Sanskrit scholar at Cambridge, had inherited it; Steele noted that her grandmother may have collected the piece during time spent in India.
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