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Draupadi Sudeshna
Ravi Varma Press1890
Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation
Bengaluru, India
Queen Sudeshna, the wife of King Virata of Matsya, tries to coax her lady in waiting Sairendri (who is Draupadi in disguise) to accept her brother Keechaka’s advances as he madly desires her. The helpless queen, who doesn’t know how to deny her brother’s order to send Sairendri to him, tries to make her lady-in-waiting feel privileged at being the chosen one. Little does she realise Sairendri’s true identity, or how she endangers her own brother’s life when she forces Draupadi to take a flask of wine and go to Keechaka’s chambers.
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Details
- Title: Draupadi Sudeshna
- Creator: Ravi Varma Press
- Date Created: 1890
- Physical Dimensions: 35 x 50 cm
- Type: Reproduction
- Original Source: From the Sandeep & Gitanjali Maini Foundation
- Rights: Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation, Bengaluru
- Art Form: Print
- Labels and Inscriptions: Ravi Varma Press, Karla, Lonavala
- Creator's Lifetime: 1848-04-29/1906-10-02
- About the Artist: Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), India’s foremost artist, who took art to the masses, hailed from Kilimanoor, in the erstwhile state of Travancore. From a very young age, Ravi Varma, was drawn towards art, imbibing techniques from his uncle and mentor Raja Raja Varma and his mother, Umayamba Bayi, a poet in her own right. Varma was much sought after by the Royals and owing to his popularity and reputation, his spectacular and richly-textured works were prolific. His realistic portrayals of contemporary figures and interpretations of religious and mythological figures fetched him instant and enduring success, lifting his standing in the art world. If the Royals and his countrymen were in awe of this great talent, the international world was spellbound by his imagination and creativity. He ensured that art would be accessible to all, through reproductions of his paintings which were made available, and affordable to everyone.
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