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| Keywords: Indian - Shiva and His Family - Walters W907.jpg A painting from a nobleman's home depicts the gods as much like an ordinary family as possible The hermit-like Shiva is being waited on by his wife Parvati Their means of travel a bull and a lion are shown below The couple have two children the elephant-headed Ganesha bottom center and the six-headed warrior-god Kumara who feeds the peacock on which he rides through the air ca 1800 1825 pigments paper cm 20 8 15 88 accession number W 907 16113 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2002 place of origin Kangra India Walters Art Museum license 2D Hindu art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Family of Shiva 1820s paintings from India Families of India in art 19th-century watercolor paintings from India | ||||
