1936-20 Aji Darma

Title of artwork
1936-20 Aji Darma
Date of work
1949
Locations
Kamasan
Narrative
Aji Darma
Tantri
Collected in ...
Tropenmuseum Collection
Catalog Number
1936-20
Description
Possibly Aji or Angling Darma story. Painting shows a kidung/post-mythological style king and his queen. Queen is shown in sorrow, and then throwing herself on a funeral pyre. This is probably the Aji or Angling Darma story, showing how king Aji Darma refuses to divulge his secret of hearing what animals are saying to his wife. She kills herself in sorry at his refusal to tell her the secret.
Abstracted summary
1936-20. Schildering op doek, voorstellende de verleiding van Sita
Width (cm)
184