Rama and Lakshmana Visit the Hermitage of an Ascetic

Attributed to a first-generation master after Nainsukh Indian

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This sketch is likely a scene from the Ramayana illustrating Lakshmana and Rama along with their army visiting an ascetic and his followers. The rapid gestural quality of the sketch fits well with other preparatory drawings attributed to artists who followed the great master Nainsukh within the Seu family workshops in the Punjab Hills.

Rama and Lakshmana Visit the Hermitage of an Ascetic, Attributed to a first-generation master after Nainsukh (active ca. 1735–78), Red ochre and wash on paper, India (Pahari Hills, Guler or Kangra)

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Rama and Lakshmana Visit the Hermitage of an Ascetic, Attributed to a first-generation master after Nainsukh (active ca. 1735–78), Red ochre and wash on paper, India (Pahari Hills, Guler or Kangra)
Rama and Lakshmana Visit the Hermitage of an Ascetic, Attributed to a first-generation master after Nainsukh (active ca. 1735–78), Red ochre and wash on paper, India (Pahari Hills, Guler or Kangra)

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