Parvati Nursing Ganesha

19th century

27.3 cm 37.6 cm

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India’s multiple religious traditions produced lively exchanges in the representation of the divine. Here, the artist adapted Christian iconography of the Virgin and Child for a touching image of the Hindu goddess Parvati nursing her elephant-headed son Ganesha. According to o...

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John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore; given to Walters Art Museum, 2001.
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