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Durga Slaying Mahisha

Durga Slaying Mahisha

c. 1830
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Image: 15.8 x 25.3 cm (6 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.); Overall: 17.7 x 27.5 cm (6 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1955.667
Location: not on view

Description

According to the text dedicated to the exploits of the great goddess Devi in her various forms, there was a time in the mythic past when a buffalo demon was ravaging the world. Storm clouds swirl above and dust below him. The goddess in her warrior aspect in which she is named Durga rides a chariot pulled by two leonine tigers with blue skies and flowering trees above her. The two are about to clash in a bloody battle that will take place on the gently sloping hillside evocative of the western Himalayan foothills where this painting was made.
  • A. Coomaraswamy
    Margaret F. Marcus, Cleveland, OH
    A. Coomaraswamy; Margaret F. Marcus, Cleveland, OH.
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    Rajput Painting. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 22, 1961).
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