Hanuman in His Tantric Five-Headed Pancha Mukha Form

A multi-armed, red-faced figure with a monkey-like face dominates the sheet, holding weapons and ritual objects in many hands, with several heads stacked above and a ring of smaller faces behind. Two small figures crouch at the lower corners beside the central form. The paper shows a warm tan tone and thin red border lines.

Look closer: Two small devotee-like figures crouch at the lower left and lower right corners.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. late 19th century

Medium

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3000 × 3532 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Steven Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 2019