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Garuda Carrying Balarama and Krishna (verso), from a Kalighat album
c. 1890
- Medium
- Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Painting: 45.2 x 27.8 cm (17 13/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
- Culture
- Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Garuda, Vishnu’s vehicle, depicted here kneeling with the body of a man and head of an eagle, is shown carrying Balarama on his right shoulder and his younger brother Krishna on his left.
