Savitri and Yama
1890
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1890
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Savitri and Yama is a 1890 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, depicting Kalighat, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a woman in a white sari kneeling before a dark figure. She’s reaching up, hands clasped, as if pleading. The man sits on a low seat, holding something small in his hand. The scene comes from an old Indian story about Savitri, a wife who argues with Yama, the god of death. He’s come to take her husband’s soul. Look at how the artist uses light and shadow to make the figures stand out. This painting is at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A watercolour on paper from 1890 depicts Savitri pleading with Yama, the god of death, to restore the life of her deceased husband, Satyavan, as recounted in the Mahabharata. The painting was donated by Ernest H. Hindley, Esq., of Lightcliffe, Shepherd's Hill, Highgate, N, with acquisition details recorded in the museum's Asia Department registers and Central Inventory as part of a 2023 provenance research project.
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