Gajendramoksha
1850
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Gajendramoksha is a 1850 paint by Unknown, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a scene with many figures and animals. In the center, a blue-skinned man with a halo dances. He wears a yellow outfit and has multiple arms. To his right, a man in white and orange stands. On the left, another man in blue and orange sits on an elephant. The elephant fights a crocodile in the water below. In the sky, a large pink bird with green wings flies, and people sit in boats. The background has trees, hills, and a blue sky. A quiet detail is the gold halo around the blue-skinned man's head. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
A vertical painting from 1850 depicts the myth of Gajendra, in which the elephant king is freed from a crocodile’s grasp by the god Vishnu, arriving on his mount Garuda. The scene occupies a single large sheet, rendered in portrait orientation. The work was later left in the Indian Department in the mid-20th century by Mrs G Clark and was never reclaimed.
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