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Shiva, Parvati and Nandi

Painting
ca. 1760 - ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (Painter)
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)
Murshidabad (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Shiva, Parvati and Nandi seated beside a shrine.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Hinduism
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleShiva, Parvati and Nandi (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Paint
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Shiva, Parvati and Nandi by shrine, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, Murshidabad sub-style, ca. 1760-1770
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Shiva, Parvati and Nandi seated beside a shrine.
Dimensions
  • Height: 304mm (maximum)
  • Width: 215mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 257mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 171mm
14/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of the Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Shiva, Parvati and Nandi seated beside a shrine.
Style
Mughal
Object history
Transferred from the Department of Engraving, Illustration & Design.

RP 57/68
Production
The painting is in the style of the Mughal provincial court painting, in particular Murshidabad school.
Subjects depicted
Hinduism
Deities
Shrine
Shiva
Parvati
Nandi
Bibliographic reference
Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) : p.47
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
D.375-1908

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Record createdMarch 5, 2004
Record URL
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