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DEVIDASA (attributed). Sadashiva worshipped by Parvati

DEVIDASA (attributed). Wearing a snow-leopard skin draped over his shoulders, Sadashiva sits with the goddess on a mauve-petalled lotus floating against an orange-colored ground. Dominating the composition, his large, ash-white body captures the focus of the viewer's attention as well as that of the goddess, whose gaze is fervid and alert. The five-headed deity has eight arms that hold (clockwise from the top right) a drum, snake, noose, bell, axe, grain sheath, trident, and sword. Date: ca. 1690. Origin: Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh state, India. Opaque watercolor, gold, and applied beetle wing on paper.

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Author:

Devidasa (fl. 1690-1695) (attributed)

Title:

Sadashiva worshipped by Parvati

Caption:

Wearing a snow-leopard skin draped over his shoulders, Sadashiva sits with the goddess on a mauve-petalled lotus floating against an orange-colored ground. Dominating the composition, his large, ash-white body captures the focus of the viewer's attention as well as that of the goddess, whose gaze is fervid and alert. The five-headed deity has eight arms that hold (clockwise from the top right) a drum, snake, noose, bell, axe, grain sheath, trident, and sword. Date: ca. 1690. Origin: Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh state, India. Opaque watercolor, gold, and applied beetle wing on paper.

Technique/material:

Opaque watercolor, gold, and applied beetle wing on paper

Museum:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Credit:

Abum

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Image size:

6373 x 6462 px | 117.8 MB

Print size:

54.0 x 54.7 cm | 21.2 x 21.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

CATHERINE AND RALPH BENKAIM COLLECTION • FREER GALLERY OF ART AND ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY • OPAQUE WATERCOLOR, GOLD, AND APPLIED BEETLE WING ON PAPER • PAINTING