Ravana addresses Sita in the garden of Lanka, from Chapters 53 and 54 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

Date: c. 1725
Medium: Gum tempera, gold, and silver on paper
Origin: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art

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