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Worship of Stone Image of Shiva and Parvati within a Shrine
c. 1710
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
When this drawing featured in Sotheby’s 2011 auction of the Stuart Cary Welch collection, it was attributed as a South Indian study of a temple interior. The image is a drawing of an actual temple and shows Shiva and Parvati with Nandi. A separate sheet of paper attached to the reverse bears various invocations, probably added later.
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Details
- Title: Worship of Stone Image of Shiva and Parvati within a Shrine
- Date Created: c. 1710
- Physical Dimensions: Page: 38 x 24.8 cm (14 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.112
- Medium: gum tempera on paper
- Fun Fact: An image of Ganesha can be seen on the left wall of the sanctum sanctorum.
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Chamba
- Credit Line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Collection: Indian Art
- Accession Number: 2018.112
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