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Rama and Lakshmana Search in Vain for Sita: Illustrated folio from a dispersed Ramayana series by India, Rajasthan, Mewar artist

Rama and Lakshmana Search in Vain for Sita: Illustrated folio from a dispersed Ramayana series

India, Rajasthan, Mewar artist · ca. 1680–90

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Palette

Ash
 32% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1
Bone white
 24% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.7:1
Madder
 17% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.8:1
Iron
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.5:1
Saffron
 8% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.7:1
Olive
 7% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.7:1

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Artist
India, Rajasthan, Mewar artist
Date
ca. 1680–90
Type
Painting
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Size
10 1/4 × 16 1/4 in. (26 × 41.3 cm)
Place
India, Rajasthan, Mewar
Period
17th century
Themes
Birds
Main colour
Grey · lightness 64, colourfulness 20

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, T. Roland Berner Fund, 1974. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1699: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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