Kalighat Painting
29-225-6
From: India | Calcutta
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-225-6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian | Hindu |
| Provenience | India | Calcutta |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper | Pigment |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Rama | Sita | Hanuman | Lakshmana | Umbrella |
| Inscription Language | English Language |
| Description | Kalighat painting on brown paper. Image from the Ramayana. Rama and his wife, Sita, sit side by side on a throne. Lakshmana, Rama's borther, holds a royal umbrella over them. Hanuman, the monkey god is below. The painting is done in a folk art style with thin, bright pigments loosely applied along with some silver paint. |
| Height | 45.72 cm |
| Width | 27.94 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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