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Source Description
The god Ganesha is depicted as if he were an Indian ruler, with a portable tent held above him and a rich carpet underneath. At upper left is Ganesha’s father, Shiva, and his mother, Parvati, sits at upper right. The god Vishnu appears at lower left. The fourth figure, at lower right, is a devotee of some sort--perhaps the author of the text that this illustration might have accompanied.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
4831
label
Ganesha Holds Court
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4831
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Ganesha Holds Court
description
The god Ganesha is depicted as if he were an Indian ruler, with a portable tent held above him and a rich carpet underneath. At upper left is Ganesha’s father, Shiva, and his mother, Parvati, sits at upper right. The god Vishnu appears at lower left. The fourth figure, at lower right, is a devotee of some sort--perhaps the author of the text that this illustration might have accompanied.
provenance
John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2002, by gift.
date
ca. 1800
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Manuscripts & Rare Books
miniatures (paintings)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
28.6
height
19.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 1/4 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28.6 x 19.1 cm); Framed H: 20 1/8 × W: 15 3/16 × D: 1 1/4 in. (51.12 × 38.58 × 3.18 cm)
Source extras
med
opaque watercolor on paper
creator_ids
2191
collection_ids
INT
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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0a8d90cad600f778