Bagala
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Bagala is a 1885 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a standing figure in bright red and gold robes holding a sword, with a smaller seated figure in dark clothes offering something. The background is a flat greenish-blue, and the style is flat with bold outlines. The standing figure has a glowing halo behind their head, and both figures wear jewelry like bracelets and necklaces. The standing figure appears powerful, while the seated one looks smaller and less dominant. The colors are strong and the lines are sharp, giving it a clear, almost storybook feel. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more paintings like this.
The painting is an opaque watercolor on paper from 1885, attributed to an unknown artist, and depicts Bagala, a fierce form of the goddess Devi, in the act of slaying a victim. The artwork was acquired in 1894 from Miss M Steele, whose mother, a Sanskrit scholar at Cambridge, had inherited the piece; Steele noted that her grandmother may have collected it during her time in India.
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