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Shiva and Parvati

Painting
ca. 1740 - ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Shiva walking with the bull Nandi, and followed by Parvati. He wears a leopard-skin around his waist, and a necklace of human heads.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleShiva and Parvati (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Shiva and Parvati, opaque watercolour on paper, Mandi, ca. 1740-1770
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Shiva walking with the bull Nandi, and followed by Parvati. He wears a leopard-skin around his waist, and a necklace of human heads.
Dimensions
  • Height: 272mm
  • Width: 169mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 228mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 173mm
17/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Shiva walking with the bull Nandi, and followed by Parvati.
Style
Object history
From the Sir William Rothenstein collection (residuary).
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.46-1954

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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