Kalighat Painting
29-225-41
From: India | Calcutta
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-225-41 |
| 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 | Jagannath | Jagannatha | Balabhadra | Subhadra |
| Inscription Language | English Language |
| Description | Kalighat painting on cardboard. Image of the Jagannath trio consisting of Krishna on the right in black as Jagannatha with his brother Balabhadra on the left and thier sister Subhadra in the center. 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 |
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