# Rear View of Ganesha with the Face of a Monster

- By: Isidore Kinsbergen (Bruges, 1821–1905)
- Date: 1867-08 - 1867-09
- Medium: cardboard, paper, photographic support
- Classification: photograph
- Dimensions: height 340 mm x width 290 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-F-2005-159-70--b7ae4200d40253bc663fd2b29d6f060e)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/TByaL/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Kinsbergen often photographed both the front and back of important sculptures in a scientific manner. Here the back of Ganesha’s head is protected by the growling face of a monster or kala. The inscription on the base is a dating in words, and probably places the sculpture in the year 1161 of the Shaka Era, or the year 1239 CE.