Hindu ascetic with beads and staff, Kalighat gouache
A standing ascetic with a piled topknot, long matted hair and beard, wears strings of black beads and a red loincloth, holding a thin staff in his right hand. Bold outlines and flat blue-grey skin mark this gouache in the Kalighat style on tattered paper.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- Gouaches
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 2458 × 4000 px
Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1880.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection