Indra
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Indra is a 1885 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a woman in bright blue and red standing on a decorated elephant. A man sits in front of her, holding a small object. The elephant has a red saddle and is outlined in white. The background is plain and light-colored, keeping focus on the figures and the animal. The woman’s jewelry and the elephant’s saddle suggest wealth and tradition. The bold outlines and flat colors make the scene feel lively but simplified. Look up chiaroscuro to see how light and shadow create depth in other paintings.
The artwork is a painting from 1885, rendered in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Indra riding an elephant. It was acquired in 1894 from Miss M Steele as part of a collection inherited from her mother, a Sanskrit scholar at Cambridge University. Miss Steele noted that her grandmother had also lived in India, suggesting the possibility that the images were originally collected there.
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