Lakshmi and Saraswati
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Lakshmi and Saraswati is a 1885 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, depicting Kalighat, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows two women standing side by side. The woman on the left wears a red dress with gold trim and a tall crown, holding a red lotus flower. The woman on the right is dressed in purple, also with gold accents, and is playing a stringed instrument. Both have dark hair, jewelry, and stand on red lotus bases. The title written at the top, *Lakshmi and Saraswati*, hints these figures are Hindu goddesses. The bright colors and bold outlines are typical of the *kalighat* style. Look up kalighat to see more paintings like this.
An opaque watercolour painting on paper from 1885 depicts the Hindu deities Lakshmi and Saraswati. The work was acquired by a museum from Miss M. Steele in 1950, part of a collection inherited from her mother, a Sanskrit scholar at Cambridge in 1894. Miss Steele noted that her grandmother, who had lived in India, may have originally collected the series.
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