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(E) BANITHANI OF KRISHNAGARH SCHOOL

Title    : Bani Thani

Medium : Tempra on hand made paper

Size  : 19cm X 25 cm

Style  : Kishangarh School

Artist’s Name  :  Nihal Chand

Collection : National Museum New Delhi

General Description

This painting by Nihalchand of Kishangarh of Rajasthan school has a special place in the treasure of Indian miniature painting. The style is characterized by emphatic  lengthening of the eyes and nose.Faces are mostly in profile with a very stylized eyebrow and smile on the lips. The painter was inspired by the poem of Raja Sawant Singh, who describes the beuty of a lady called “Bani Thani” in his poem. The beauty of this women is symbolically used to describe the beauty of Sri Radha. As a master painter Nihalchand could go beyond the mundane to spiritual in this portrait. The smile of Bani Thani is often compared.

(f) Bharat Meets Rama at Chitrakuta

Medium  :  Tempra on hand made paper

Finding site : Jaipur School

Artist  : Guman

Circa : 18^th century

Collection  : National Museum, New Delhi

    

The painting ‘Bharat Meets Rama at Chitrakuta’ from the Rmayana theme executed under the patronage of Sawai Pratap Singh during the middle of the 18^th century is a unique painting of his time.There are all together forty nine figure put in separate groups, bring to light the separate episode in the drama of trying to take Rama back to Ayodhya.

In the right lower corner , Rama listens to Vishwamitra of his father’s death and loses consciosness, in the next picture on the lower left Rama listens to ascetics and falls flat at their possibly asking forgiveness for showing weakness.

         
                        The next picture is upper set.In the middle, rama meets his mothers accompanies by Laxman and Sita, begs their forgiveness for refusing to break his words and to back with tem Rama allows Kaushalya to embrace him but sticks to his point of carrying out the orders of 14 years exile to keep his father’s word. Rama touched the feet of mother Kaikeyee begging her forgiveness. Sita on right hand corner faces her mother-in-laws and declares her intention of following her husband to exile.

          Finally, in the right hand corner of the setting Rama, Laxman, Sita are biddind goodbye to Bharat, Shatrughana, Vishwanitra and their mothers promising that they would come back after 14 years of exile. Painter Guman has done a wonderful presentaion of forty nine figures onat small canvas.