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Painting of a woman in a white sari with red borders leaning against a tree, holding a flower basket, in a golden forest landscape.

Ahalya leaning on tree. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

A barefoot woman in a white sari with red borders stands against a tree trunk, one arm raised to her head and a basket of flowers in her other hand. A lush forest and distant hazy hills fill the warm, golden background. The painted chromolithograph shows soft modeling and vivid, layered greens.

Artist
Raja Ravi Varma
Date
1896
Medium
Chromolithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2918 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1896.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Ahalya recostada en un árbol, cromolitografía de Raja Ravi Varma

Una mujer descalza con un sari blanco de bordes rojos se apoya contra el tronco de un árbol, con un brazo levantado hacia la cabeza y una canasta de flores en la otra mano. Un bosque frondoso y colinas lejanas llenan el fondo dorado y cálido. La cromolitografía muestra un modelado suave y tonos verdes intensos y superpuestos.

Português: Ahalya apoiada em uma árvore, cromolitografia de Raja Ravi Varma

Uma mulher descalça, com um sári branco de bordas vermelhas, está encostada no tronco de uma árvore, com um braço erguido até a cabeça e um cesto de flores na outra mão. Uma floresta exuberante e colinas distantes e enevoadas preenchem o fundo dourado e quente. A cromolitografia mostra modelagem suave e tons de verde vivos e sobrepostos.

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