1850 (ca.), Becharam Das Dutta, Enthroned Goddess with Attendants -- National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington)
From the museum label: Das Dutta created some of India's earliest hand-colored lithographs, a medium that became the primary means of producing Hindu devotional images. In this work, a crowned goddess sits atop a cushioned throne, fanned and shaded by her attendants. "I wanted to break down barriers and recontextualize art objects from different eras and cultural contexts, Mattai says. "Here we are awakening a new spirit in the objects, giving them a new sense of power.”
1850 (ca.), Becharam Das Dutta, Enthroned Goddess with Attendants -- National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington)
From the museum label: Das Dutta created some of India's earliest hand-colored lithographs, a medium that became the primary means of producing Hindu devotional images. In this work, a crowned goddess sits atop a cushioned throne, fanned and shaded by her attendants. "I wanted to break down barriers and recontextualize art objects from different eras and cultural contexts, Mattai says. "Here we are awakening a new spirit in the objects, giving them a new sense of power.”