'The 50 Paintings ' Project

Painting # 12

Damyanti (originally untitled)  by Raja Ravi Verma

 Oil on canvas . Size about ... 20"x 28 "

 

Raja Ravi Verma painted this almost 117 years back.

 And last month this Painting was sold for Rs.11.9 crores in New York!

 

He has portrayed Damyanti , princess of Vidharbha who was the wife of King Nala. 

(Reminds me of that Amar Chitra"Nala Damyanti" we used to read )

 

This painting was inspired from this scene from the theater show "A Feast of Roses"

Raja Ravi Verma was the first to portray Indian Gods as mythical characters in earthly surroundings. How the Goddess Laxmi looks in pictures to us is how Raja Ravi Verma painted her.

 

 See you soon with Painting #  13 ....:)