Rama and Lakshman with the sage Vishvamitra, from a Ramayana

A yellow-ground painting shows two young princes with bows and quivers standing at left, one with dark blue skin, facing a bare-chested sage in an orange dhoti and white shawl who gestures toward them. A stylized green tree fills the right edge under a pale blue sky band.

Artist

Attributed to the Master of Style II of the ‘Shangri’ Ramayana

Date

ca. 1680-1690

Medium

Opaque watercolor on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

4000 × 2669 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art