Hanuman carrying Rama and Lakshmana
1850
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Hanuman carrying Rama and Lakshmana is a 1850 paint by Unknown, a Indian Miniature work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows three figures in bright, flat colors. The biggest one, orange and muscular, is carrying two smaller figures on its back. The central figure has a wild face, big ears, and a crown. The two on its back wear simple cloths and headpieces. One holds a stick, the other looks down. The orange figure’s exaggerated size and strength suggest it’s meant to look powerful. The colors are bold and simple, with no shading to show depth. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more paintings like this.
The artwork is an opaque watercolour painting on paper from 1850, showing Hanuman carrying Rama and Lakshmana. It was part of an album assembled by J. Lockwood Kipling between 1865 and 1893, containing 196 prints, paintings, and drawings, primarily native lithographs from bazaars and fairs in Upper India and Bengal. The album was later donated to the museum by his son, Rudyard Kipling, in 1917.
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