Vamana and Bali
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Vamana and Bali is a 1885 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a blue-skinned man with four arms, wearing a yellow and orange robe. He has a crown on his head and a white necklace. He is standing with his legs crossed, and his arms are in different positions. There is a small figure kneeling at his feet. The blue-skinned man is wearing a lot of jewelry, including bracelets and anklets. The background of the painting is a light gray color. The overall style of the painting is quite detailed and realistic. The painting is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A painting in opaque watercolor on paper from 1885 depicts Vamana, the fifth avatar of Vishnu, dispatching Bali to govern Patala, the netherworld. The work was later acquired in 1894 from Miss M Steele, whose mother, a Sanskrit scholar at Cambridge, had inherited the collection; Steele noted that her grandmother may have gathered the pictures during her time in India.
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