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Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha

Painting
ca. 1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kolkata (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting the family group of Shiva, who wears a tiger-skin loin cloth; his consort Parvati, shown with yellow skin tones, and their elephant-headed son Ganesha.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Hinduism
Religion
Paintings
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleShiva, Parvati and Ganesha (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Tin Alloy
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Shiva, Parvati & Ganesha, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1830
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting the family group of Shiva, who wears a tiger-skin loin cloth; his consort Parvati, shown with yellow skin tones, and their elephant-headed son Ganesha.
Dimensions
  • Height: 437mm
  • Width: 275mm (maximum)
31/07/13 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
The family group of Shiva, who wears a tiger-skin loin cloth; his consort Parvati, shown with yellow skin tones, and their elephant-headed son Ganesha.
Style
Kalighat
Object history
Historical significance: Calcutta was recognised as the Capital of British India from 1833-1912. By the 1830s, artists had arrived from rural villages in Bengal and began to produce paintings that reflected local history, mythology, customs and conflicts of a colonised society. As a popular art form, these artists are recognised for their use of brilliant colour, simplified images and swift brushstrokes that became the hallmark of Kalighat painting in the 19th and early 20th century.
Subjects depicted
Deities
Shiva
Parvati
Ganesh
Bibliographic reference
Archer, W ,G (1971) Kalighat Painting, London, HMSO.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.207-1950

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Record createdDecember 17, 2002
Record URL
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