Leaf from a Kalighat album: Sheetaladevi: The Smallpox Goddess (recto); Durga (verso)
The image shows two paintings on a single piece of paper, one on the front and one on the back. The front painting depicts a woman with dark hair wearing a red dress and a crown, riding a brown donkey. She has a halo behind her head made up of yellow, pink, and green rays. Her skin is yellow. She holds objects in her right hands. The background is beige with green decorative scalloped shapes at the top and bottom. The back painting shows a woman with dark hair wearing a red dress and a crown. She has eight arms and appears to be standing. Her skin is yellow. A green man stands behind her, wearing a loincloth. The background is beige with a pink scalloped shape at the top.
Artwork Details
- Dimensions
- 900 × 711 px
- Museum Record
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