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Shiva and Parvati on a tiger skin: Anakūl Nayaka folio from a Rasamanjari by Attributed to Golu

Shiva and Parvati on a tiger skin: Anakūl Nayaka folio from a Rasamanjari

Attributed to Golu · ca. 1710 - ca. 1715

Palette

Madder
27% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.1:1
Graphite
24% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.7:1
Saffron
18% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.4:1
Burnt orange
13% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.6:1
Pale stone
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.4:1
Old gold
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1

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Details

Artist
Attributed to Golu
Date
ca. 1710 - ca. 1715
Type
Painting
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Size
H x W (overall): 21.3 × 31.7 cm (8 3/8 × 12 1/2 in)
Place
Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh state, India
Period
18th century
Main colour
Red · lightness 49, colourfulness 41

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler), Smithsonian. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Smithsonian Open Access marks it CC0 (descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access=CC0; online_media.media[0].usage.a). Europe: Made by Attributed to Golu (death year unrecorded), made by 1715: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (Smithsonian Open Access usage is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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