Suramananda Raga
1700
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1700
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Suramananda Raga is a 1700 paint by Unknown, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows two men in the middle of a fight. One wears bright orange pants and a yellow shirt, swinging a curved sword while holding a small round shield. The other man is in white with orange boots, raising a sword with both hands to block. Both have feathered headgear and jewelry, and the background is a flat red with a dark sky line. The text at the top is in a script that looks like it’s written in ink. The colors are bold—orange, yellow, red—and the men’s faces and hands are detailed, but their bodies are simplified. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more paintings like this.
The artwork is a Ragamala painting rendered in opaque watercolour on paper, created around 1700 by an unknown artist. It depicts two princes engaged in a duel, armed with swords and shields, as an illustration of the musical mode Suramananda Raga.
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