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Battle Scene at Kurukshetra from the Mahabharata War (verso), from a Kalighat album

c. 1890

Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy

(Indian, active late 1800s)
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Culture
Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat
Medium
Woodcut, hand colored with gum tempera
Measurements
Secondary Support: 49.8 x 31.4 cm (19 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.); Painting only: 26.8 x 41.6 cm (10 9/16 x 16 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.111.b
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Print
A horizontally oriented woodcut and tempera painting depicts a dense battle between two groups of warriors. Multitiered, flag-topped buildings frame the clash on our left and right. In the upper center, two figures with swords fly through the air. Lower, the foreground is scattered with severed limbs and heads near a camel on our left and scavenging dogs on our right. The palette uses muted yellow, red, and green with black outlines.

Battle Scene at Kurukshetra from the Mahabharata War (verso), from a Kalighat album

c. 1890

Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy

(Indian, active late 1800s)
Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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