Vishnu

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On display at V&A South Kensington

South Asia Gallery, Room 41

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Mewar (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting an illustration to the Vishnu Sahasranama, four manifestations of Vishnu with worshippers and musicians. The figures are depicted against a red background. The god is shown as the sun worshipped by two (i.e. ten million) identical manifestations of Shiva, two Yakshas, and sits with Lakshmi listening to two female musicians. In the lower right hand corner sits a king reciting the Names of Vishnu to another king.

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Religion Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Vishnu (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, Vishnu Sahasranama, four manifestations of Vishnu with worshippers and musicians, opaque watercolour on paper, Mewar, ca. 1690
Physical description	Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting an illustration to the Vishnu Sahasranama, four manifestations of Vishnu with worshippers and musicians. The figures are depicted against a red background. The god is shown as the sun worshipped by two (i.e. ten million) identical manifestations of Shiva, two Yakshas, and sits with Lakshmi listening to two female musicians. In the lower right hand corner sits a king reciting the Names of Vishnu to another king.
Dimensions	Height: 256mm Width: 205mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 225mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 172mm 05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description	Four manifestations of Vishnu with worshippers and musicians.
Style	Mewar
Marks and inscriptions	(A three line inscription is along the upper border of the painted space. ) (inscribed on yellow band above picture) Translation 'Thousand Names 38. He is as pleasant as ten million moons. He is a lord (isvara) equal to ten million Sivas. He is wealthy as ten million Kuveras. He is as sportive as ten million Indras.'
Subjects depicted	Hinduism Deity Worshippers Musicians Vishnu
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.114-1965

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O434277/vishnu-painting-unknown/

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