Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Rajasthani Schools of Painting

Question:

Observe the painting and answer the question asked:

Where is the Yuddha Kanda of Ramayana, painted by Sahibdin in 1652, currently located?

Options:

The Louvre Museum, Paris

The Office Library, London

The National Gallery, Delhi

N.C. Mehat collection, Gujarat

Correct Answer:

The Office Library, London

Explanation:

Answer: The Office Library, London
Yuddha Kanda of Ramayana, painted by Sahibdin in 1652, is currently located in the Office Library in London.

Attributed to ingenious artist Sahibdin, Yuddha Kanda, the Book of Battles, is a chapter in the Ramayana set of paintings, popularly referred to as the Jagat Singh Ramayana. Dated 1652, Sahibdin, herein, has crafted a novel pictorial device that of oblique aerial perspective to impart credibility to the ambitious scale that war pictures encompass. Deploying various narrative techniques, he either layers several episodes into a single painting as this one, or spreads a single episode over more than one folio. The painting portrays Indrajit’s devious tactics and use of magic weapons in war.