Kalighat Painting

29-225-56

From: India | Calcutta

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-225-56
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Hindu
Provenience India | Calcutta
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Paper | Pigment
Technique Painted
Iconography Hindu Spiritual Being | Hanuman | Mahabir | Rama | Lakshmana
Description

Kalighat painting. Painted and cut out cardboard figure. Hanuman as Mahabir holding Rama and Lakshmana on his shoulders and wielding a club. Folk art style with thin, bright pigments loosely applied. Some silver paint.

Height 45.72 cm
Width 27.94 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 364 - Other Number

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