Lot Essay
Compare with an 18th century painting of Vishnu Shrine with a very similar iconographic composition (P. Pal, The Arts of Nepal, Vol II: Painting, 1978, pl.120).
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NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY
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A PAINTING OF VISHNU
NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY
The four-armed deity standing in a temple structure at center, flanked by Lakshmi and Garuda on either side, with seated devotees outside the temple, surrounded by other four-armed gods with eight nagas in a sea below and donors identified by inscription at the bottom
35 x 20 ½ in. (89 x 52 cm.)
NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY
The four-armed deity standing in a temple structure at center, flanked by Lakshmi and Garuda on either side, with seated devotees outside the temple, surrounded by other four-armed gods with eight nagas in a sea below and donors identified by inscription at the bottom
35 x 20 ½ in. (89 x 52 cm.)
Provenance
The Van Der Wee Collection, Belgium, acquired in February 1978
Literature
L. and P. Van der Wee, A Tale of Thangkas: Living with a Collection, 1995, pp.141-143, fig.66
Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item no.100654
Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item no.100654
Exhibited
De Taal van de Thangka, Ethnographic Museum, Antwerp, 1995
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Anita Mehta