Varaha (Boar Incarnation of Vishnu) Conquering Hiranayaksa
Artist
ODISHA (FORMERLY ORISSA), INDIA
Dateabout 1970
Location where collectedOrissa, India
MediumPoster paint on cardboard
Dimensions9 × 12 in. (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
Other (mat): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Other (mat): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of J.T. Cowles
Object number1983.13.6
Descriptionthe god Vishnu in his third incarnation as Varaha (the Boar), armed to do battle with the demon Hiranayaksa, when the earth was submerged by a deluge; the demon held the earth prisoner; he is green; Vishnu is blue with fangs, background red with yellow border designOn View
Not on viewCollections
Late 19th- 20th Century
PIRANESI
WILLIAM BLAKE, 1757-1827
London : William Blake, 1825 [i.e. 1826]
