Kalighat Painting Collection (page 2)

Kali Standing on Shiva, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Kali Standing on Shiva, 1800s

Kalaketu Receiving a Boon from the Goddess Chandi, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Kalaketu Receiving a Boon from the Goddess Chandi, 1800s

Winged Apsara with a Horn, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Winged Apsara with a Horn, 1800s

Durga Killing the Demon Mahisha, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Durga Killing the Demon Mahisha, 1800s. Believed to be a manifestation of the Great Goddess, the goddess Durga is portrayed here killing Mahisha, a demon in buffalo form

Dusmanta Garlanding Shakumtala, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Dusmanta Garlanding Shakumtala, 1800s

Durga, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Durga, 1800s

Diana or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Diana or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt, 1800s. An adaptation of the Greek goddess Diana or Roman goddess Artemis, goddess of the hunt

Mahant of Tarakeshwar Rides on an Elephant, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Mahant of Tarakeshwar Rides on an Elephant, 1800s. The Tarakeshwar murder case of 1873 was a public scandal in Calcutta. It concerned an affair between Elokeshi, a young wife

Barber Cleaning a Womans Ear, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Barber Cleaning a Womans Ear, 1800s. Kalighat paintings reflect the time and context in which they were created. Kalighat painters used their medium to offer penetrating

Balarama and Krishna, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Balarama and Krishna, 1800s. Here a divine sibling pair, Balarama and Krishna, are portrayed as mirror images of one another

Jatayu (Ramas Mythical Bird) Hinders Ravanas Chariot, Trying to Prevent Abduction of Sita, 1800s

Krishna Stroking Radhas Feet, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Krishna Stroking Radhas Feet, 1800s. Appeased by Krishnas flattery, Radha sits in a chair coyly holding the cloth covering her head

Jagannatha Trio, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Jagannatha Trio, 1800s

Krishna Weighted against Precious Objects (?), 1800s. Creator: Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy
Krishna Weighted against Precious Objects (?), 1800s

Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis), 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis), 1800s. In this image taken from both popular accounts and the Bhagavata Purana

Krishna Standing by Radha who is Seated on a Chair, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Krishna Standing by Radha who is Seated on a Chair, 1800s

Jatayu Hinders Ravanas Chariot, Trying to Prevent the Abduction of Sita, 1800s. This is an image of the ten-headed demon Ravana and Sita, wife of Rama

Jatayu (Ramaa Mythical Bird) Hinders Ravanas Chariot, Trying to Prevent Abduction of Sita, 1800s

Jailer Receiving the Mahant of Tarakeshwar in Prison, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Jailer Receiving the Mahant of Tarakeshwar in Prison, 1800s. The Tarakeshwar murder case of 1873 was a public scandal in Calcutta

Battle Scene, 1800s. Creator: Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy
Battle Scene, 1800s

Baby Krishna Asking for Butter from Yashoda, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Baby Krishna Asking for Butter from Yashoda, 1800s. Baby Krishna, wearing a peacock-feathered crown, is shown here with his foster mother, Yashoda, asking for butter

English Babu (Native Indian Clerk) Holding a Hookah, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
English Babu (Native Indian Clerk) Holding a Hookah, 1800s. This is an archetypal satirical caricature of an native Indian clerk (babu)

Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu, 1800s. Creator: Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy
Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu, 1800s

Ganesha, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Ganesha, 1800s. Ganesh, seated here in these two images on his vehicle, the mouse, is the ever-popular elephant-headed deity who is worshipped as the mischievous Lord of Beginnings

Ganesha-Janani (Mother of Ganesh), 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Ganesha-Janani (Mother of Ganesh), 1800s. The goddess Parvati is portrayed here with the infant Ganesh in her arms. Ganesh is the ever-popular elephant-headed deity who is worshipped as

Gaur and Nitai, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Gaur and Nitai, 1800s

Garuda Carrying Balarama and Krishna, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Garuda Carrying Balarama and Krishna, 1800s. Garuda, Vishnus vehicle, depicted here kneeling with the body of a man and head of an eagle

A Barber Cleaning the Ear of a Courtesan, 1800s. Creator: Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy
A Barber Cleaning the Ear of a Courtesan, 1800s

Rai Raja, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
" Rai Raja", 1800s

Annapurna and Shiva, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Annapurna and Shiva, 1800s. Goddess Annapurna (She of Plenteous Food) is depicted being supplicated by Shiva, seen as an ascetic who seeks alms from her

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