Collected Item: “Royal Red”
Title (required)
Royal Red
Creator
Raja Ravi Varma
Description (required)
Oil on canvas painting by artist Raja Ravi Varma in 1880. The painting depicts the artist's mother in law wearing a regal red shawl indicating her social status as a Royal. She is representative of women in the matriarchal period in which she exists.
Date (YYYY, YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD)
1880
Location
Bangalore, India
Type
Oil painting on canvas
Rights information
Image downloaded from https://indiaartfair.in/a-travancore-scandal-raja-ravi-varmas-mahaprabha. Painting obtained courtesy of Jaygopal Varma, Travancore Family, Bangalore
Source url
https://indiaartfair.in/a-travancore-scandal-raja-ravi-varmas-mahaprabha