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Gouache painting of a multi-armed goddess on a white elephant trampling a demon, with horned and monkey-faced figures around her in a green landscape.

Devi riding on a white elephant tramples over two demons. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

A multi-armed goddess with a halo sits on a white elephant draped in a magenta cloth, trampling a red-skinned demon beneath it. Around her, horned and monkey-faced attendants and demons gesture against a painted green and blue landscape within an oval border.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Gouaches Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2927 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
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: Devi montada en un elefante blanco pisotea a dos demonios, gouache indio

Una diosa de múltiples brazos con un halo está sentada sobre un elefante blanco cubierto con una tela magenta, pisoteando a un demonio de piel roja bajo sus patas. A su alrededor, sirvientes con cuernos y rostros de mono y otros demonios gesticulan frente a un paisaje pintado en verde y azul dentro de un borde ovalado.

Português: Devi montada em elefante branco pisoteia dois demônios, gouache indiano

Uma deusa de múltiplos braços com halo está sentada sobre um elefante branco coberto por um tecido magenta, pisoteando um demônio de pele vermelha sob ele. Ao redor, auxiliares com chifres e rostos de macaco e outros demônios gesticulam diante de uma paisagem pintada em verde e azul, dentro de uma moldura oval.

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