The Goddess Durga Attacking a Demon (#2520/7)
Gouache on board
Japiur School
Circa 1840 
21 cm x 29.8 cm / 8.25” x 11.75"

EXHIBITED:
Lycoming Colege 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.