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Harishchandra and his Minister Killing a Tiger, folio from a Harishchandra Series
Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
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Organization | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Artist | Anonymous |
Spatial Coverage | Maharashtra Paithan |
Temporal Coverage | Between 1800 and 1850 |
Description | Killing a tiger in personal combat was seen as the ultimate feat of valor in Indian martial society. It is not surprising, then, that this dynamic moment in the Harishchandra narrative, a Hindu religious epic, was chosen for illustration. Itinerant storytellers of the Chitrakarthi caste recounted the epic using a set of about forty paintings in this style, whose bold, graphic quality allowed the assembled audience to view them as the story was narrated in public performance. This distinctive style of painting has traditionally been associated with the town of Paithan, near Aurangabad in Maharashtra. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Access Restriction | Open |
Rights License | CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication |
Use Rights URL | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed |
Subject Keyword | Animal Horse Hunting Maharashtra Men Metropolitan Museum of Art Paithan Tiger Painting Paithan School |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Painting |