''Shakuntala Patra-lekhan'' is an 1876 painting by
Raja Ravi Varma
Raja Ravi Varma () (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. Especially, he was notable f ...
. The work depicts Shakuntala laying on grass, writing a letter to her lover Dushyanta. The work had won praise for Ravi Varma when it was presented at the Madras Fine Arts Exhibition of 1876.
Later acquired by the
Duke of Buckingham
Duke of Buckingham, referring to the market town of Buckingham, England, is an extinct title that has been created several times in the peerages of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. There were creations of double dukedoms of Bucki ...
, the painting was subsequently used in the English translation of Kalidasa's
Shakuntalam.
See also
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There Comes Papa
''There Comes Papa'' is an 1893 painting by the Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma. The painting focuses on Varma's daughter (Mahaprabha Thampuratty) and grandson (Marthanda Varma), looking towards the left at an approaching father. Evoking both In ...
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Nair Lady Adnoring Her Hair''
References
1876 paintings
Paintings by Raja Ravi Varma
Works based on Shakuntala (play)
Paintings of deer
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