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Portrait of Ananthalakshmi
Mukundan Tampi1890
Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation
Bengaluru, India
This portrait of Ananthalakshmi, the wife of Mulam Tirunal, the nephew of Ayilyam Tirunal, is a classic. Tampi focuses on the face of the royal and the slightly upturned chin subtly hints her position of authority in the family. The detailing of her jewellery is exquisite as is the expertly-done hair-do in a manner preferred by women of royal and noble lineage. Tampi's works reveal a strong influence of Ravi Varma right down to his usage of flowers, namely Jasmine and Rose which Ravi Varma commonly used in his paintings.
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- Title: Portrait of Ananthalakshmi
- Creator: Mukundan Tampi
- Date Created: 1890
- Original Source: Private Collection
- Medium: Oil on Canvas
- About the Artist: P Mukundan Tampi a.k.a. P M Tampi, was a contemporary of Raja Ravi Varma, born into an affluent family in Mavelikkara as the son of Avittam Thirunal Udaya Varma Kunjappa Thampuran (1854-1921) of Mavelikkara Mannoor Madhom palace. After Raja Ravi Varma, Mukundan Tampi was one of the finest artists from Kerala who could handle the medium of oil paint with ease; however, most of his works are in private collections. Ravi Varma himself praised Mukundan Tampi for his works and had commented that if Tampi was more focused on his work, “he would sweep us all off the face of this earth with his brush!.”
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