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Three-headed Vishnu
Also titled Vishnu met drie hoofden
c. 750 - c. 825
- Medium
- soapstone (metamorphic rock)
- Classification
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- 31.6 kg
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
Vishnu is represented here with two extra heads, that of a lion and that of a boar. Originally he also had four arms. This manifestation of the Hindu god was especially popular in Kashmir between the 8th and 10th centuries. The tripartite crown and muscular upper body are among the characteristics of sculpture from Kashmir.
