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Raja Ravi Varma: English: Santhanu and Matsyagandhiമലയാളം: ശന്തനുവും മത്സ്യഗന്ധിയും   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Raja Ravi Varma  (1848–1906)  wikidata:Q333453 q:en:Raja Ravi Varma
 
Raja Ravi Varma
Alternative names
Iravivarmā; Ravi Varma
Description painter and creator
An Indian painter who achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
Date of birth/death 29 April 1848 Edit this at Wikidata 2 October 1906 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kilimanoor Edit this at Wikidata Attingal Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
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artist QS:P170,Q333453
Title
English: Santhanu and Matsyagandhi
മലയാളം: ശന്തനുവും മത്സ്യഗന്ധിയും
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: King Shantanu falling in love with Matsyagandhi (Satyavati. King Shantanu is captivated by Satyavati or Matsyagandha and wants to marry her. Their liaison later set the stage for the epic Mahabharata. Satyavati, brought up by a fish chieftain, agrees to marry Shantanu on the condition that their children would inherit the throne, thereby denying Devavrata, Shantanu's son his rightful place. Shantanu doesn't agree to it initially but after his son, Devavrata takes the bachelor-hood vow and comes to be addressed as Bhishma, agrees to the conditions, Shantanu marries her and fathers two children -- Chitrangada and Vichitravirya.)
Date 1890
date QS:P571,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 35 x 50 cm
Current location
English: Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum, Lakshmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara, Gujarat.
മലയാളം: മഹാരാജ ഫത്തേഹ് സിംഗ് മ്യൂസിയം, ലക്ഷ്മി വിലാസ് കൊട്ടാരം, വഡോദര, ഗുജറാത്ത്.
Source/Photographer https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/shantanu-and-matsyagandha-ravi-varma-press/XgEh1efy25qe2Q
Other versions Derivative works of this file:  Satyavati.jpg

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Shantanu with Satyavati, the fisherwoman, from Mahabharata, 1890

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current16:09, 13 November 2022Thumbnail for version as of 16:09, 13 November 2022489 × 721 (387 KB)RedtigerxyzReverted to version as of 04:45, 8 March 2010 (UTC) not the same painting
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