Shiva
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Shiva is a 1885 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a seated figure with four arms. One arm holds a long-necked instrument, another rests on a drum, and the other two gesture outward. The face has bold dark eyebrows, a dot on the forehead, and a mustache. The figure wears a beaded necklace, armbands, and a yellow cloth wrapped around the waist. The background is plain, letting the bright colors stand out. The figure’s calm expression and simple colors make it feel like a quiet moment. The painting looks like it was made to tell a story without too much detail. If you like this style, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more works like it.
The artwork is an opaque watercolor painting on paper from 1885, created by an unknown artist, depicting Shiva in the guise of an ascetic and musician. It was acquired in 1894 from Miss M Steele, whose mother, a Sanskrit scholar at Cambridge, had inherited the collection. Steele noted that her grandmother, who had lived in India, may have originally gathered the works.
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