Goddess Kali

Creator Name

Unknown

Cultural Context

Indian

Date

Creation: 19th century

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Title

Goddess Kali

Creator

Unknown (link to bio)

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Indian

West Bengal, Calcutta

Material

Lithograph, printed in black and hand-coloring with watercolor and selectively applied glaze

Dimensions

Sheet: 15 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (40 × 31.8 cm);
height: 40.00508centimetre;
width: 31.750063centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

Creation: 19th century

ca. 1879

Provenance

Purchase, Robert and Bobbie Falk Philanthropic Fund Gift, 2021

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Creation: East India, Bengal, Kolkata

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Descriptive Topic: Deity, Woman, Man, Warrior, Battle, Sword, Death (natural phenomenon), Blood, Breast, Nude, Snake

Topic

Curationist Contributors

Christina Stone; Jessica Gengler

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