id: 314378 accession number: 2018.119 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.119 updated: 2022-05-20 09:00:50.483000 Rama’s Brothers Bharata and Shatrughna set out from Ayodhya to find Rama and Lakshmana in the forest to inform them of the death of their father Dasharatha, 1775-80. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; page: 24.9 x 35.7 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/16 in.); image: 20.5 x 31.5 cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.119 title: Rama’s Brothers Bharata and Shatrughna set out from Ayodhya to find Rama and Lakshmana in the forest to inform them of the death of their father Dasharatha title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1775-80 creation date earliest: 1775 creation date latest: 1780 current location: creditline: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra technique: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Page: 24.9 x 35.7 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/16 in.); Image: 20.5 x 31.5 cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Indian Gallery 242 Rotation opening date: 2018-09-10T04:00:00 Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10, 2018-April 7, 2019). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The three queens of Dasharatha are riding in the covered palanquins. digital description: The artist has masterfully set the somber procession against the stark white walls of the city. In the middle of the page wearing gold crowns, the two youngest brothers of the exiled hero Rama are setting out from the capital to find him, hoping to persuade him to return now that their father has died. wall description: The artist has masterfully set the somber procession against the stark white walls of the city. The rigid horizontal planes magnify the seriousness of the occasion. The king has died of sorrow for having been obliged to send his favorite son Rama into exile. Rama’s two youngest brothers, in the middle of the page wearing gold crowns, are setting out from the capital to find Rama, hoping to persuade him to return now that their father has died. A vignette showing how daily life still goes on is included at the upper right, where bullocks turn a water wheel made of clay pots to irrigate the fields. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.119/2018.119_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.119/2018.119_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.119/2018.119_full.tif