Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c10.120

c10.120

In Kâlidâsa's famous play, *Sakuntala*, a considerable part of Act VI. is taken up with a painted portrait of the Queen, with which the king Dushyanta, half demented with grief and remorse for his desertion of Sakuntala, attempts to console himself. In the text translated by Sir William Jones, this portrait is represented as painted by a lady of the Court, but the more recent version of Sir M. Monier-Williams makes the king himself the artist.