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A King Killed by Rama’s Arrow
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In this painting, a king lays on the forest floor dead, due to a fatal wound from an arrow. The king has one arm above his crowned head, exposing the arrow lodged in his body. Behind him is a row of lush, vibrantly green trees. The inscription states that he has been killed by Ramchandra, better known as Rama, the seventh avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu who is worshipped as a deity in his own right. Rama was known to be a skilled archer, and the bow and arrow are his iconic weapon. Rajput Style.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Title: A King Killed by Rama’s Arrow
Description:
In this painting, a king lays on the forest floor dead, due to a fatal wound from an arrow.
The king has one arm above his crowned head, exposing the arrow lodged in his body.
Behind him is a row of lush, vibrantly green trees.
The inscription states that he has been killed by Ramchandra, better known as Rama, the seventh avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu who is worshipped as a deity in his own right.
Rama was known to be a skilled archer, and the bow and arrow are his iconic weapon.
Rajput Style.
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