
Galaxy of Musicians
The story
Eleven women from different regions of India gather in one image, each in her local dress and playing an instrument from her tradition — from the veena to the tabla. Raja Ravi Varma painted this around 1889 for the Maharaja of Mysore, as a vision of a single, shared Indian culture.
- Artist
- Raja Ravi Varma
- Year
- 1889
- Period
- Impressionist
- Where it lives
- Not stated by uploader
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share