Durga Slaying Mahisha
Northern India, Pahari kingdoms · c. 1830 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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According to the text dedicated to the exploits of the great goddess Devi in her various forms, there was a time in the mythic past when a buffalo demon was ravaging the world. Storm clouds swirl above and dust below him. The goddess in her warrior aspect in which she is named Durga rides a chariot pulled by two leonine tigers with blue skies and flowering trees above her. The two are about to clash in a bloody battle that will take place on the gently sloping hillside evocative of the western Himalayan foothills where this painting was made.
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- Maker
- Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
- Date
- c. 1830
- Medium
- Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 15.8 x 25.3 cm (6 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.); Overall: 17.7 x 27.5 cm (6 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- Northern India
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0