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Summary

Abanindranath Tagore: Tissarakshita, Queen of Asoka

Artist



Alternative names	Aban Thakur
Description	-Indian painter and writer
Date of birth/death	7 August 1871	5 December 1951
Location of birth/death	Kolkata	Kolkata
Work location	IN
Authority file	: Q691796 VIAF: 7401708 ISNI: 0000000121192935 ULAN: 500121704 LCCN: n81082069 NLA: 36515795 WorldCat

Title

Tissarakshita, Queen of Asoka

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.

Depicted people

Tishyaraksha

Date

29 December 1911

Medium

Chromoxylograph

Dimensions

height: 25 cm (9.8 in)

; width: 18.9 cm (7.4 in)

Collection

Royal Collection

	Native name	Royal Collection of the United Kingdom
	Location	United Kingdom
	Established	after 1491 date QS:P,+1491-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1491-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
	Website	https://www.rct.uk
	Authority file	: Q1459037

Current location

Royal Collection

Accession number

IS.308-1951

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

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.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	05:44, 5 June 2020	1,801 × 2,390 (898 KB)	Aavindraa	enlarge
	13:33, 26 June 2012	443 × 575 (266 KB)	Napoleon 100	better
	18:37, 19 March 2012	443 × 575 (207 KB)	Redtigerxyz	Reverted to version as of 16:07, 19 March 2012 crop is better
	16:08, 19 March 2012	600 × 600 (85 KB)	Sridhar1000	from museum
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