Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning and knowledge and the wife of Brahma. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
An oval miniature painting shows a seated, white-clad female figure playing a stringed instrument, with a golden halo and jeweled crown. She sits on a pink lotus cushion before orange bolsters, a green-blue sky and a red patterned wall.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- [between 1800 and 1899?]
- Medium
- Gouaches Paintings Miniatures (Paintings)
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 3287 × 4000 px
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)
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: Saraswati, diosa hindú del saber, miniatura en gouache
Una miniatura ovalada muestra una figura femenina sentada, vestida de blanco, que toca un instrumento de cuerda. Tiene un halo dorado y una corona adornada, y está sobre un cojín de loto rosa frente a almohadones naranjas.
Português: Saraswati, deusa hindu do saber, miniatura em guache
Uma miniatura oval mostra uma figura feminina sentada, vestida de branco, tocando um instrumento de cordas. Ela tem um halo dourado e coroa ornamentada, sobre um assento de lótus rosa diante de almofadas laranja.
