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Atusa or Atossa was Queen of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the daughter of Cyrus, the Great and a half-sister of Cambyses II.
She later married Darius the Great and gave birth to Xerxes the Great

just found this- different picture from present scene?

@britishmuseum @ssharadmohhan @DalrympleWill @hemantsarin @IndiaArtHistory @chaarulataa @imgarv786 @ArtGalleryofNSW @metmuseum @ChristiesInc @walters_museum @statuesofindia @V_and_A @britishlibrary @LACMA in contrast to above painting of Ascetic-Yogi, here all features of beauty were added by painter to depict a Yogini
may be if she was any royal? then painter do enhance it?

Portrait of Yogini, c. 1750-1760, watercolor on paper, Honolulu Museum of Art accession 10687.1
via wiki

@metmuseum another from YG Srimati(1926–2007) depicting musical instrument #harp? or Yazh

She had studied graphics in the Art Student League, New York
Celestial Musician (Lyre Player), 1947-48. Watercolor on paper, photo Lent by Michael Pellettieri
retro held at @metmuseum
Ajanta inspired

earlier this was common scene in our streets. either vegetable seller, often it was Dahi le lo? curd seller.
street vendors-selling local home made food items carried liquid food items in this way. what we used to call it? anyone remember? few are preserved in company paintings?

@IamAparajita @punarutthana Virabhadra red-hued deity exactly like Śiva. Ganga peeps out of dreadlocks, while loose jatas fly around his head. tripundra on forehead.

@hemantsarin @IndiaArtHistory @V_and_A @ExploreWellcome Confectioner's Shop
Patna School
19th century
Honolulu Museum of Art
Halwai? sweet maker's shop or he is making jalebi or pakoda?

Photograph of chromolithograph titled, "Indian woman floating lamps on Ganges," by William Simpson (1823-1899) Date: 1867
said to be from @britishlibrary

depicts what Goddess Ganga is for us in Bharat
with hope optimism we lit that deepak & flow it with prayer

bless all

@LACMA @metmuseum @hemantsarin @chaarulataa @imgarv786 @DalrympleWill @statuesofindia @IndiaArtHistory @britishlibrary @PurnimaRay4 @RCT @bonhams1793 no need to go outside home to realise Devi Durga. She is within each one of us.

painting depicts Trinity-Brahma Vishnu Mahesh with their counterparts Devi-Saraswati Laxmi Parvati
Durga in Navratri often revered as these 3 devi(s)?
देवीमाहात्म्य
May Devi bless All
@V_and_A

Damyanti with Swan-Hans
Painting by Raja Ravi Varma.
which is original?

Damyanti with Swan-Hans
Painting by Raja Ravi Varam.
which is original?