THE GODDESS DURGA ATTACKING A DEMON (#2520/7)

GOUACHE ON BOARD

JAPIUR SCHOOL

CIRCA 1840

21 cm x29.8 cm /8.25” x 11.75

EXHIBITED

Lycoming College Gallery; Williamsport, Pennsylvania 1981

DESCRIPTION: The painting depicts the goddess Durga attacking a Demon: The inscription covered by the matte translates “then the goddess that is Durga hit the devil with the trident”. The goddess seated on her vehicle, a pouncing lion, is attacking the green-skinned demon being taken into the fray in a chariot drawn by two red horses. The landscape is developed in muted earth tones; the sky lowering. In the background in the landscape is Mount Kailasa.