Ambika and the Demon General

Ambika and the Demon General

c. 1800
Locale
Punjab Hills, India
Country
India
Object
painting
Medium
color on paper
Accession Number
1978.48
Credit Line
Gates Fund
Ambika and the Demon General. c. 1800. color on paper. Gates Fund. 1978.48.
Dimensions
image height: 6.5 in, 16.51 cm; image width: 10.25 in, 26.035 cm; sheet height: 8 in, 20.32 cm; sheet width: 11.375 in, 28.8925 cm; mat height: 16 in, 40.64 cm; mat width: 20 in, 50.8 cm
Department
Arts of Asia
Collection
Arts of Asia
Ambika Incinerates Dhumralochana India, Gular about 1800 Colors on paper Gates Fund 1978.48 In this image from a Markandeya Purana the kneeling goddess Ambika, shown wearing a yellow garment, destroys the demon general Dhumralochana, who runs toward her and bursts into flames.
Known Provenance
(Doris Wiener Gallery), New York, by 1977; Purchased by the Denver Art Museum, 1978