Goddess Kamalatmika

A hand-colored lithograph shows a red-robed goddess seated on a pink lotus above a lake, with four arms and a lotus in one hand. Two white elephants above pour water from golden pots, and mountains and clouds fill the sky behind her.

Look closer: Small pink lotus blossoms and a lotus bud float on the water at the lower edge.

Artist

The Hindu Art Studio

Date

ca. 1880–85

Medium

Lithograph, printed in black with hand-coloring in watercolor and selectively applied glaze

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2781 × 3657 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Kipper Family Foundation Gift, 2021