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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Indian
Title:Durga Battling Demons, illustration from an unidentified dispersed manuscript
Date Made:late 18th or early 19th century
Type:Painting
Materials:Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Place Made:India; probably Delhi, Mughal court
Measurements:sight: 15 3/4 x 11 in.; 40.005 x 27.94 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1990.2.25
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Evan M. Wilson (Leila Fosburgh, class of 1934)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
goddess standing under a tree at night facing a group of demons on horseback on the left as a man is being eaten by a lion at lower right image

Tags:
women; religion; Hinduism; animals; men; landscapes; night; vegetation

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