The Victoria and Albert Museum's own collections API record for "Bhima and King Virata," a Kalighat painting in watercolour and tin alloy on paper, made in Kolkata around 1890. Given by R. W. Skelton, 1959. Accession number IS.38-1959.
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Reliability Tier1
The holding museum's own collections API record for the accessioned painting, the strongest available record for its subject, medium, place, date and accession number, whose own title names the subject outright. Citation
PublisherVictoria and Albert Museum
URLhttps://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432373
Source TypeMuseum
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Associated With
Bhima, Figures This source names Bhima directly: "own collections API record for "Bhima and King Virata," a Kalighat painting in watercolour and tin alloy on paper, made in Kolkata around 1890."
Source Bhima and King Virata, accession IS.38-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
This source names King Virata directly: "collections API record for "Bhima and King Virata," a Kalighat painting in watercolour and tin alloy on paper, made in Kolkata around 1890."
Source Bhima and King Virata, accession IS.38-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
This source names Kolkata directly: "and tin alloy on paper, made in Kolkata around 1890."
Source Bhima and King Virata, accession IS.38-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)
This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 11 claims: 4 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds.
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