De godin Tripurasundari, anonymous, 1750 - 1770

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De godin Tripurasundari

1750 - 1770 · Drawing

May one see it?

Unknown

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source
The museum

About the work

In Hinduism, goddesses are as important as the male deities. For some, the Great Goddess, who has many names and takes different forms, is the ultimate reality in the universe, the creator and queen of the cosmos. One of these forms is Tripurasundari. She sits on a throne, towering above four important male deities: Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Indra, whose much smaller figures form the legs of the throne.

Rijksmuseum

Particulars

Accession number
RP-T-1993-317

In the catalog

Sources

Neighbors at Rijksmuseum

Museum page