Unknown Artist
- Title
- The Jagannatha trinity
- Place of origin
-
Puri →
Orissa →
India
- Year
- circa 1900
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
-
22.7 x 27.7cm image
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Barbara Beiboer-Allen 2000
- Accession number
- 237.2000
- Copyright
- © Copyright reserved
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This painting depicts a Hindu trinity of gods: Jagannatha, a manifestation of the god Vishnu; his brother, Balabhadra, a manifestation of the god Shiva; and his sister Subhadra, a manifestation of Durga or the goddess. The chief centre of worship of these deities is in Puri, Orissa where a large temple complex is dedicated to the worship of these deities.
Images such as this were created as pilgrim paintings, and were bought by worshippers as a souvenir of their visit to the temple. They were often quickly drawn, highly stylised images using a limited palette of colours.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, August 2000
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Indian Folk Paintings and Textiles, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 29 May 2004–04 Jul 2004.
