Durga
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Durga is a 1885 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a seated figure with four arms, each holding different objects. The person wears a red and gold sari with a white inner garment, sits on a lotus flower, and has a golden crown and jewelry. The background is a simple blue-green, and the figure’s face is calm with bold outlines. The four arms often symbolize power and protection in religious art. This style looks like it blends bright colors with simple shapes, which was common in some 19th-century Indian paintings. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A painting in opaque watercolor on paper from 1885 depicts the goddess Durga as revered by Rama prior to the climactic battle against Ravana. The work was acquired in 1894 from Miss M. Steele, whose mother, a Sanskrit scholar at Cambridge, had inherited the piece; Steele noted that her grandmother, who had lived in India, may have originally collected it.
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