Krishna and Kaliya
Painting
ca. 1885 (made)
ca. 1885 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Krishna quelling the snake Kaliya while two of Kaliya's wives implore him for mercy.
Object details
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| Title | Krishna and Kaliya (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Krishna quelling Kaliya, opaque watercolour on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1885 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Krishna quelling the snake Kaliya while two of Kaliya's wives implore him for mercy. |
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| Content description | Krishna quelling the snake Kaliya while two of Kaliya's wives implore him for mercy. |
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| Object history | Acquired by the Museum from Miss M. Steele in 1950. This picture from a series which was being part of a collection inherited from her mother, a scholar in Sanskrit at Cambridge in 1894. When delivering the collection, Miss Steele reported that her grandmother had also lived in India for some time and that it was possible that the pictures were originally collected by her grandmother. |
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| Accession number | IS.640-1950 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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