A framed painting by Raja Ravi Varma entitled "The Village Girl".

Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 to 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist from the princely state of Travancore, presently in Kerala, who achieved recognition for his paintings depicting scenes from Indian literature including the epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana. He is considered among the greatest painters in the history of Indian art and his paintings are considered to be among the best examples of the fusion of Indian traditions with the techniques of European academic art. His paintings portrayed sari clad women in graceful manner which became an important motif of that time.