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Shakuntala looking back to glimpse Dushyanta - Raja Ravi Varma (1898) (upload.wikimedia.org)
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[–] Scio@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It was this one: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/shakuntala-janm-raja-ravi-varma-and-ravi-varma-fine-art-lithographic-press-bombay/zQHT512E74vKFQ

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[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

His face is obscured but also the foot is weird. Strange composition...

[–] Scio@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

I also used to think the woman in the picture was Shakuntala, and that made the lore even more confusing...