Matsya
Painting
ca. 1825 (made)
ca. 1825 (made)
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Matsya, the man-fish and first avatar of Vishnu, who came to recover the vedas which had been snatched from Brahma by Shankhasura during the universal flood. From a series of 100 drawings of Hindu deities created in South India.
Object details
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| Title | Matsya (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache on watermarked paper |
| Brief description | Painting; gouache on watermarked paper, Matsya, the man-fish and first avatar of Vishnu, Trichinopoly, ca.1825 |
| Physical description | Matsya, the man-fish and first avatar of Vishnu, who came to recover the vedas which had been snatched from Brahma by Shankhasura during the universal flood. From a series of 100 drawings of Hindu deities created in South India. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mr A. Churchill, 1923. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period
Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 31 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
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| Accession number | IM.432-1923 |
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| Record created | October 2, 2002 |
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