Durga Slaying Mahisha
1830
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1830
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Durga Slaying Mahisha is a 1830 unspecified by Unknown, a Patna School of Painting work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows a goddess riding a chariot pulled by two tigers, about to clash with a buffalo demon. This scene is from a mythic story where the goddess Durga saves the world from the demon. The contrast between the dark storm clouds and the blue sky above Durga is interesting. Check out the collection at The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more artworks like this.
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.
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