Kali

ca. 1710

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Kali, the Great Goddess, is shown here triumphantly seated on Shiva. She is dark-skinned, four-armed and wears a golden crown. On either side, female devotees. To the right, the four-headed Brahma in a dark red dhoti and to the left Vishnu in a dark yellow dhoti. Strewn around are eight corpses about to be devoured by jackals and vultures. The background is greyish-black.