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A Four Armed Vishnu Standing on a Lotus
Keywords: Painting
Pahari Painting
Publisher: National Museum, New Delhi
Description: This painting belongs to the Pahari school of painting which depicts a four-armed Vishnu (fourth arm not visible) standing on a lotus with a gada, a sankha, and a padma flower in his three hands. Vishnu is blue complexioned, has clear black eyes, is looking towards his left, and wears a mukuta, a dhoti of dark yellow colour, a long garland of white flowers, armlets, and karas in his arms. There is a halo around his face. The painting has a red background, green foreground, black ruling, and a pink border on one side.
Type: Painting
Received From: National Museum, New Delhi
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Nurpur |
| dc.coverage.temporal | Late 18th Century |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-13T11:49:23Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-12-13T11:49:23Z |
| dc.description | This painting belongs to the Pahari school of painting which depicts a four-armed Vishnu (fourth arm not visible) standing on a lotus with a gada, a sankha, and a padma flower in his three hands. Vishnu is blue complexioned, has clear black eyes, is looking towards his left, and wears a mukuta, a dhoti of dark yellow colour, a long garland of white flowers, armlets, and karas in his arms. There is a halo around his face. The painting has a red background, green foreground, black ruling, and a pink border on one side. |
| dc.format.extent | 18.5 x 11.7 cm (approx.) |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Museum, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Painting Pahari Painting |
| dc.type | Painting |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | 75.1219 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Paper |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Nurpur |
| dc.coverage.temporal | Late 18th Century |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-13T11:49:23Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-12-13T11:49:23Z |
| dc.description | This painting belongs to the Pahari school of painting which depicts a four-armed Vishnu (fourth arm not visible) standing on a lotus with a gada, a sankha, and a padma flower in his three hands. Vishnu is blue complexioned, has clear black eyes, is looking towards his left, and wears a mukuta, a dhoti of dark yellow colour, a long garland of white flowers, armlets, and karas in his arms. There is a halo around his face. The painting has a red background, green foreground, black ruling, and a pink border on one side. |
| dc.format.extent | 18.5 x 11.7 cm (approx.) |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Museum, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Painting Pahari Painting |
| dc.type | Painting |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | 75.1219 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Paper |
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