Arjuna Sets Kama's Arrow Alight, folio from the Razmnama (Book of War)
Arjuna Sets Kama's Arrow Alight, folio from the Razmnama (Book of War)
Arjuna Sets Kama's Arrow Alight, folio from the Razmnama (Book of War)
Arjuna Sets Kama's Arrow Alight, folio from the Razmnama (Book of War)

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South Asian Art

Arjuna Sets Kama's Arrow Alight, folio from the Razmnama (Book of War),

1598–99

Kamal, son of Khem
Indian
Mughal Empire, 1526–1858 | Reign of Akbar, 1556–1605
2023-26

Information

Title
Arjuna Sets Kama's Arrow Alight, folio from the Razmnama (Book of War)
Dates

1598–99

Maker
Kamal, son of Khem
Medium
Opaque watercolor and color
Dimensions
Painting: 21.8 × 12.2 cm (8 9/16 × 4 13/16 in.) Sheet: 30.5 × 17.5 cm (12 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2023-26
Place Made

Asia, India

Culture
Indian
Period
Mughal
Type
watercolors, drawings, folios (leaves)

[Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, October 25, 1921, lot 244]; collection of private collection, US, from 1921; collection of Francesca Galloway, until 2023; acquired by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2023.

Arjuna Sets Kama's Arrow Alight, folio from the Razmnama (Book of War)

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