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Shiva enraged by Parvati's interruption of his meditation

India, Guler, Himachal Pradesh artist · early 19th century

Palette

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Artist

India, Guler, Himachal Pradesh artist

Date

early 19th century

Type

Painting

Medium

Opaque pigments and gold on paper

Size

Image (folio): 9 1/2 × 7 3/16 in. (24.2 × 18.3 cm) Image (painting): 8 3/4 × 5 11/16 in. (22.3 × 14.4 cm)

Place

India, Guler, Himachal Pradesh

Period

18th century

Main colour

Green · lightness 61, colourfulness 21

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Nancy Fessenden Gift, 2019. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1810: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules