Asvatthama Fires the Narayana Weapon (Cosmic Fire) at the Pandavas

Asvatthama Fires the Narayana Weapon (Cosmic Fire) at the Pandavas

Asvatthama Fires the Narayana Weapon (Cosmic Fire) at the Pandavas

Fazl

Codices

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451315

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

55.121.31

Jack S. Rofe, Scotland (until 1929; his sale, Sotheby's, London, December 12, 1929, nos. 702, 704, 705, 707, 1537); [ Hagop Kevorkian, New York, by 1953]; [ Kevorkian Foundation, New York, until 1955; sold to MMA]

1616-17 Razmnama

12 (based on Seyller's reconstruction, 1985)

1616–17

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Page: 38.2 cm x 24 cm
Painting: 36.8 cm x 22.2 cm

Signature: Signed below painting, in margin: Fadl (?)

"Robinson, Basil William. The Kevorkian Collection: Islamic and Indian Illustrated Manuscripts, Miniature Paintings and Drawings. New York, 1953. no. CCCLXXIV, p. 145.

""Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York."" In The Arts of Islam. Berlin, 1981. no. 124, pp. 292–93, p. 293 (b/w).

Seyller, John. ""The Freer Ramayana and Other Illustrated Manuscripts of 'Abd al-Rahim."" In Workshop and Patron in Mughal India. Zurich, Switzerland: Artibus Asiae Publishers, 1999. p. 254, ill. fig. 165 (b/w)."

Berlin. Museum für Islamische Kunst, Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. "The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the M.M.A.," June 15, 1981–August 8, 1981, no. 124.