Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), from a Kalighat album
c. 1890
Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy
Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy (Indian, active late 1800s)
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), from a Kalighat album, c. 1890. Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy (Indian, active late 1800s). Woodcut with black ink and handcolored with yellow, green and red paint on paper; secondary support: 29.9 x 48.5 cm (11 3/4 x 19 1/8 in.); painting only: 28.3 x 42.7 cm (11 1/8 x 16 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.114.b The hero Rama is can be seen in the lower register, second from left, with his wife Sita and devotee Hanuman.
- Maker/Artist
- Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Woodcut with black ink and handcolored with yellow, green and red paint on paper
- Dimensions
- Secondary Support: 29.9 x 48.5 cm (11 3/4 x 19 1/8 in.); Painting only: 28.3 x 42.7 cm (11 1/8 x 16 13/16 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2003.114.b
- Credit Line
- Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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