Vishnu and Lakshmi on Sesha in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 2018

The Creation of the Universe: Vishnu and Lakshmi on Sesha, the Cosmic Serpent (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

Date: ca. 1770 - 1775

Culture: Indian

Category: Paintings

Works On Paper

Medium: opaque watercolor with gold and silver on paper

Collection: South Asian Art

Dimensions: Sheet: 11 × 8 in. (27.94 × 20.32 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)

Object Number: 2007.23

Additional Information

Credit Line: Gift of Friends of Indian Art and the Robert A. and Ruth W. Fisher Fund

Published References:
Ballanf, Marc, et. al. Bhagavadgita Illustrée par la Peinture Indienne. Paris: Diane de Selliers, 2016. p. 146-147, color illus.

Mildred Archer and W. G. Archer, Romance and Poetry in Indian Painting (London, 1965), pl. 47.

W. G. Archer, Visions of Courtly India (Washington, D.C., 1976), no. 39, pp. 70-71.

Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-7923535