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Summary
Abanindranath Tagore : Tissarakshita, Queen of Asoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q691796
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Title |
Tissarakshita, Queen of Asoka
label QS:Len,"Tissarakshita, Queen of Asoka"
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
The scene depicts the graceful figure of Asoka's Queen standing in front of the railings of the Buddhist monument at Sanchi built during the reign of her husband King Asoka. The print is based on an original painting held in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951) was the pioneer and leading exponent of the Bengal School of Art. In his paintings, he sought to counter the influence of Western art as taught in art schools under the British Raj, by modernizing indigenous Moghul and Rajput traditions. His work became so influential that it was eventually accepted and regarded as a national Indian style. |
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Depicted people | Tishyaraksha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
29 December 1911
date QS:P571,+1911-12-29T00:00:00Z/11
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Medium | Chromoxylograph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 25 cm (9.8 in)
; width: 18.9 cm (7.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+25U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+18.9U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
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Accession number |
IS.308-1951
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Inscriptions | Red script (devanagari?) is visible on the bottom left hand corner of the work. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References | https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/search#/1/collection/452415/tissarakshita-queen-of-asoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O82525/print-asokas-queen/ |
Licensing
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The author died in 1951, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer . This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929. |
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This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. |
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