Village Belle
Summary
Lot Description
Raja Ravi Varma (1848 - 1906)
Village Belle
Oil on canvas
16¾ x 9¾ in. (42 x 24.7 cm.)
Ravi Varma (1848–1906), Indian painter best known for uniting Hindu mythological subject matter with European realist historicist painting style. He was one of the first Indian artists to use oil paints and to master the art of lithographic reproduction of his work. In addition to incidents in Hindu mythology, Varma painted many portraits of both Indians and British in India.
Date
1906
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Copyright info
public domain