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Painting of a blue-skinned Hindu ascetic with matted hair and beads, holding a trident and staff, on a torn tan paper.

A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: holding a trident. Gouache drawing by a Bengali artist, ca. 1880 (?).

A blue-skinned ascetic stands full length on a torn, tan paper ground, holding a trident in one hand and a staff in the other. He wears a red loincloth, strings of dark beads, and long matted hair, with a black-and-brown fringe of hair falling around his body. The flat, bold colors and outlined forms suggest a Kalighat-style gouache.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1880
Medium
Gouaches
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2604 × 4000 px
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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)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Asceta hindú con tridente, gouache bengalí

Un asceta de piel azul se muestra de cuerpo entero sobre un papel color canela y desgastado, sosteniendo un tridente en una mano y un bastón en la otra. Lleva un taparrabos rojo, collares de cuentas oscuras y cabello largo y enmarañado que cae alrededor de su cuerpo. Los colores planos y las formas delineadas sugieren un gouache de estilo Kalighat.

Português: Asceta hindu segurando um tridente, gouache bengali

Um asceta de pele azul aparece de corpo inteiro sobre um papel bege e rasgado, segurando um tridente em uma mão e um bastão na outra. Ele usa uma tanga vermelha, colares de contas escuras e cabelos longos e emaranhados que caem ao redor do corpo. As cores chapadas e as formas delineadas sugerem um gouache em estilo Kalighat.

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