A Kalighat painting, watercolour and tin alloy on paper, ca. 1890, from Kolkata, showing Rama and Lakshmana fighting the demon Viravahu, with a handwritten Bengali inscription naming the battle. Held today by the Victoria and Albert Museum under museum number IS.32-1959, South and South East Asia Collection.
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Subject Matter
Devotional FunctionKalighat painting itself emerged in the nineteenth century in the streets around the Kalighat Kali temple in Kolkata, where artists worked quickly in watercolour on cheap mill made paper to sell inexpensive souvenirs to temple pilgrims; the loose, economical brushwork that trade demanded became its own recognized style, distinct from the slower, courtly miniature traditions that painted the same Hindu epic scenes. 1 Physical Form
MediumKalighat painting, watercolour and tin alloy on paper, ca. 1890, Victoria and Albert Museum IS.32-1959 1 Medium (class) Connections
Associated With
This source names Bengali directly: "the demon Viravahu, with a handwritten Bengali inscription naming the battle."
Source Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
This source names Kolkata directly: "1890, from Kolkata, showing Rama and Lakshmana fighting the demon Viravahu, with a handwritten Bengali inscription naming the battle."
Source Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Belongs to Tradition
Source Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Depicts
The V&A's own title and description name Lakshmana directly, fighting the demon Viravahu alongside his brother Rama, a Kalighat painting from Kolkata, ca. 1890.
Source Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Originated In
Source Victoria and Albert Museum Collections API: V&A object record O432378
Sources
1. Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Victoria and Albert Museumcatalogue record, medium/object-type descriptionQuote, catalogue record, medium/object-type description
A Kalighat painting, watercolour and tin alloy on paper, ca.
Kalighat Painting, Wikipedia
WikipediaIn Group: Kalighat Painting, own entity-description: "A Kalighat painting"View the Source Victoria and Albert Museum Collections API: V&A object record O432378
Victoria and Albert Museum Collections APIOriginated In: Bengal, placesOfOriginQuote, Originated In: Bengal, placesOfOrigin
"text": "Kolkata"
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