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<p>Watercolour of the rock sculpture of Arjuna's Penance, by John Gantz, c. 1825. Inscribed: 'A view of the Sculptures representing the tapass or intense penance of Arjoona Mahabalipoorum from a Sketch by Mr J. Braddock. J. Gantz'.
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John Gantz and his son Justinian ran a lithographic press, but are remembered best for their watercolours of flat-top houses and public buildings in and around Chennai (Madras), dating to the first half of the 19th century. Though not British-born, they both lived and died in India, in the service of the East India Company. Mamallapuram, a tiny village south of Madras, was a flourishing port of the Pallava dynasty from the 5th - 8th centuries. The site is famous for a group of temples, a series of rock-cut caves and some monolithic sculptures created in the 7th century reign of Narasimhavarman Mahamalla. Covering two huge boulders, 27 m long and 9 m high, is the remarkable carving in low relief seen in this drawing. The scene has been interpreted as the story of Arjuna's Penance from the great Hindu epic, The Mahabharata.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43130580" class="extiw" title="d:Q43130580"><span title="British artist, active 1810-1820">John Gantz</span></a>
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31 December 1825<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1825-12-31T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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