Dhumavati/ Matangi

A chromolithographic print with two panels side by side. At left, the aged, white-haired goddess Dhumavati sits in a red-canopied chariot drawn by a wheel, with crows perched above and a green pennant overhead. At right, the blue-skinned goddess Matangi sits on a throne before red drapery, holding a sword, a scimitar and a staff, and wearing a red sari and pearl necklaces.

Look closer: Two crows perch on the chariot canopy and a third sits on the upper edge, near the top left.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1885–90

Medium

Chromolithographic print on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

4000 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Marie-Hélène Weill Gift, 2015