Laksmana prays for the recovery of Sita, whom he has abandoned in the forest at the order of Rama.
Dublin Core
Title
Laksmana prays for the recovery of Sita, whom he has abandoned in the forest at the order of Rama.
Mapping in Color Item Type Metadata
Title
Laksmana prays for the recovery of Sita, whom he has abandoned in the forest at the order of Rama.
Artist
Fazl
Classification
Codices
Link
https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/216948?position=1
Repository
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
2009.202.250
Provenance
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1983 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.
Notes:
Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1983.
Notes:
Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1983.
Parent Work
1616-17 Razmnama
Sequential order of folio
33 (based on Seyller's reconstruction, 1985)
Size (H x W cm)
38.5 x 23.5 cm
Publications
Stuart Cary Welch, ""Mughal and Deccani Miniature Paintings From a Private Collection"", Ars Orientalis; The Arts of Islam and the East, Freer Gallery of Art / Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C., 1963), Vol. 5, 221 - 233, pp. 228-230, no. 15, fig. 16, pl.10
Stuart Cary Welch, The Art of Mughal India: Painting & Precious Objects, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. and Asia Society Museum (New York, NY, 1963), p. 168, no. 33, pl. 33
Milo Cleveland Beach, Rajput Painting at Bundi and Kotah, Artibus Asiae Publishers (Ascona, Switzerland, 1974), p. 8; pl. X, fig. 7
John Seyller, ""Model and Copy: The Illustration of Three 'Razmnama' Manuscripts"", Archives of Asian Art (1985), vol. 38, pp. 37-66, p. 64, no. 33
Stuart Cary Welch, The Art of Mughal India: Painting & Precious Objects, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. and Asia Society Museum (New York, NY, 1963), p. 168, no. 33, pl. 33
Milo Cleveland Beach, Rajput Painting at Bundi and Kotah, Artibus Asiae Publishers (Ascona, Switzerland, 1974), p. 8; pl. X, fig. 7
John Seyller, ""Model and Copy: The Illustration of Three 'Razmnama' Manuscripts"", Archives of Asian Art (1985), vol. 38, pp. 37-66, p. 64, no. 33
Exhibition History
Where Traditions Meet: Painting in India from the 15th-17th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/05/2003 - 12/07/2003
The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 10/21/2016 - 01/15/2017
The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 10/21/2016 - 01/15/2017
IIIF Manifest
https://iiif.harvardartmuseums.org/manifests/object/216948
Collection
Citation
“Laksmana prays for the recovery of Sita, whom he has abandoned in the forest at the order of Rama.,” Mapping Color, accessed April 11, 2026, https://mappingcolor.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/203.