Dushyanta watching his son Bharat playing with the tiger at the end of the Abhijnanashakuntalam (verso), from a Kalighat album
c. 1890
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Dushyanta watching his son Bharat playing with the tiger at the end of the Abhijnanashakuntalam (verso), from a Kalighat album, c. 1890. Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat. Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper; secondary support: 47.8 x 29.4 cm (18 13/16 x 11 9/16 in.); painting only: 45.5 x 28.2 cm (17 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.109.b The women at the right are probably Dushyanta's wife Shakuntala and her mother Menaka.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper
- Dimensions
- Secondary Support: 47.8 x 29.4 cm (18 13/16 x 11 9/16 in.); Painting only: 45.5 x 28.2 cm (17 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2003.109.b
- Credit Line
- Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
- Exhibitions
- Indian Kalighat Paintings
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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