Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c10.116

c10.116

Jîmûtavâhana wiles away his time by drawing a portrait of Malayâvatî. He asks for a piece of red arsenic to draw it with, and his companion picks up from the ground pieces of clay or stone of five different colours—blue, yellow, red, brown, and grey. Malayâvatî watches the Prince as he draws, but her lover is far from successful in his portrait, for, thinking it to be intended for some other love of the Prince, she faints away in a fit of jealousy.