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Indian gouache painting in a decorative border: a blue figure with a bow fights a red multi-armed demon amid monkey warriors, soldiers, bodies and a fort.

Vishnu in his incarnation as Ramachandra (blue figure) in battle with Ravana, the demon king of Lanka together with his brother Laxshman and the monkey god Hanuman. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.

A gouache painting framed by a red and gold decorative border shows a blue-skinned figure with a bow on a green battlefield. Above, a red multi-armed figure looms over the fight, while monkey warriors and soldiers clash among scattered bodies and blood-streaked earth beside a walled fort.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Gouaches Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3067 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
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: Ramachandra (figura azul) en batalla contra Ravana, rey de Lanka

Una pintura en gouache enmarcada por una cenefa decorativa roja y dorada muestra a una figura de piel azul con arco en un campo de batalla verde. Arriba, una figura roja de múltiples brazos domina la lucha, mientras guerreros monos y soldados combaten entre cuerpos dispersos y tierra manchada de sangre junto a un fuerte amurallado.

Português: Ramachandra (figura azul) em batalha contra Ravana, rei de Lanka

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