Lakshmi
1890
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1890
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Lakshmi is a 1890 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, depicting Kalighat, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a woman with four arms, sitting on a red lotus. She wears a red dress with gold jewelry and a crown of coins. Her hands hold different objects—one arm points upward, another rests on her knee, and the others hold a lotus and a pot. Around her are flowers, an owl, and swirling patterns in the background. The bright colors and bold outlines are typical of *kalighat* paintings, a style from 19th-century India. These works often mixed religious themes with everyday life. Check out more about kalighat to see how this style blends tradition and modern art.
The artwork is an opaque watercolour painting on paper from 1890, depicting the Hindu goddess Lakshmi accompanied by her owl. It was part of an album of 196 items, including prints, paintings, and drawings, collected by J. Lockwood Kipling between 1865 and 1893 in Upper India and Bengal. The album was later donated to the museum by his son, Rudyard Kipling, in 1917.
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