Preparatory Sketch for Gangavatran
Drawing
WallArt
Academic Realism
19th Century
34.0 x 24.0 cm
The Ganesh Shivaswamy Foundation
Raja Ravi Varma (1848 – 1906)
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This is a preparatory sketch by Raja Ravi Varma for the picture of Gangavatran or the Descent of Ganga. The painting was printed as a chromolithograph by the Ravi Varma Press with the title
About this artwork
- Title: Preparatory Sketch for Gangavatran
- Artist: Raja Ravi Varma
- Original dimensions: 34.0 x 24.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: The Ganesh Shivaswamy Foundation
- Medium: Drawing
- Period: 19th Century
- Medium type: WallArt
- Creative period: Mature Period