Parasurama
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Parasurama is a 1885 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, depicting Kalighat, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting depicts a man standing over a kneeling woman, with the man holding a weapon in his right hand. The man is dressed in orange shorts and a black top, while the woman wears a dark outfit with a red scarf. The background of the painting is a muted greenish-gray color. The man's pose suggests a sense of action or movement, while the woman's kneeling position implies a sense of submission or reverence. The overall mood of the painting is one of tension and drama. The painting's use of bold colors and dynamic composition creates a sense of energy and emotion. To learn more about this style of art, explore the movement of Impressionism.
The artwork is a painting created in 1885 using opaque watercolour on paper, depicting the scene of Parasurama killing a Kshatriya king with an axe. It was acquired from Miss M Steele in 1894, as part of a collection inherited from her mother, a Sanskrit scholar at Cambridge. The collection may have been originally gathered by her grandmother, who had lived in India for a period of time.
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