Home›Open Questions›When Was Ravi Varma's Saraswati Painted, and Where Is the Original Now?Open QuestionsWhen Was Ravi Varma's Saraswati Painted, and Where Is the Original Now?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "When Was Ravi Varma's Saraswati Painted, and Where Is the Original Now?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/when-was-ravi-varmas-saraswati-painted-and-where-is-the-original-now.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). When Was Ravi Varma's Saraswati Painted, and Where Is the Original Now?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/when-was-ravi-varmas-saraswati-painted-and-where-is-the-original-nowCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-when-was-ravi-varma-s-saraswati-painted, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {When Was Ravi Varma's Saraswati Painted, and Where Is the Original Now?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/when-was-ravi-varmas-saraswati-painted-and-where-is-the-original-now}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionRetail and auction sources consulted give three different years for Ravi Varma's Saraswati, 1881, 1886 and 1896, and none of the sources consulted names a current institutional home for the original oil with confidence; a compiled hobbyist list places a differently dated version at a named museum, but this atlas could not corroborate that against a museum catalogue record.What would resolve this A museum or gallery catalogue record, an exhibition history, or a scholarly catalogue raisonne of Ravi Varma's work that fixes the painting's completion year and names its present custodian with documentary support.OpenArt historical provenance research, South Asian art historyWikipedia contributors, Wikipedia, "Raja Ravi Varma"Cross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnSaraswati (Ravi Varma), Sacred Art & Iconography Well-attested Source Wikipedia, "Raja Ravi Varma"Wikipedia contributorstier 3SourcesWikipedia, "Raja Ravi Varma"tier 3Wikipedia contributors, WikipediaView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year