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Mercury (Budha), from a Mandi Astrology Series
attributed to Sanju (Indian, active late 1700s–early 1800s)
c. 1810
- Medium
- Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- 27 x 22.1 cm (10 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Culture
- Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Nancy and Wayne Hunnicutt
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This page is from a series of paintings featuring astrological subjects, including personifications of planets and signs of the zodiac. Historically in India, the auspicious conjunction of planets with certain calendar dates was important for determining when to schedule events or ceremonies. Mercury is depicted as a warrior riding a tiger through the sky.
