Avatars.jpg
Summary
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Title |
Vishnu
label QS:Lde,"Vishnu"
label QS:Len,"Vishnu"
label QS:Lfr,"Vishnu"
label QS:Lnl,"Vishnu"
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
"Vishnu with his 10 avatars (incarnations): Fish, Tortoise, Boar, Man-Lion, Dwarf, Rama with the Ax, King Rama, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalkin. Painting from Jaipur, India, 19th century; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Opaque watercolour on paper. Height: 48.3 cm, Width: 39.5 cm. Acquired by the Indian Museum and transferred to the South Kensington Museum in 1879."
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Date |
19
th
century
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Medium | gouache paint and paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q213322
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Accession number |
08145(IS)
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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Place of creation | Jaipur | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Painting from Jaipur, India; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London . (site is redesigned, old description is also available in Britannica " | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission
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