Artist: Raja Ravi Varma
Date: 1902
Museum: The Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation (Bengaluru, India)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
This work by Ravi Varma, portraying a fair-skinned Nair lady draped in Kerala cotton, reinforces the contrast of class and good fortune. The Nair woman looks calmly at the viewer while relaxing with a book, while the dark-skinned maid in the background cools her down with a palm-leaf fan. The composition of this work is reminiscent of Edouard Manet
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