Rama and Durga
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Rama and Durga is a 1885 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, depicting Kalighat, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting depicts a man and a woman standing side by side. The man is dressed in a yellow dhoti and a blue upper body garment, adorned with jewelry. He has long black hair and is looking down. The woman is wearing a red sari with a black border and has multiple arms, each holding a different object. She is also wearing jewelry and has a crown on her head. Her long black hair is styled in a braid. The woman appears to be a deity, possibly a goddess, given her multiple arms and crown. The man seems to be in a subservient or reverent position, looking down and standing next to the woman. The painting's use of bold colors and simple compositions is reminiscent of the Impressionism movement.
The artwork is a painting in opaque watercolour on paper, created in 1885, depicting Rama worshipping Durga. It was acquired by the museum from Miss M. Steele in 1950, having been 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 of pictures.
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