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Gouache painting of a multi-armed goddess on a white elephant trampling a demon, with horned and monkey-faced figures around her in a green landscape.

Devi riding a white elephant tramples two demons, Indian gouache

A multi-armed goddess with a halo sits on a white elephant draped in a magenta cloth, trampling a red-skinned demon beneath it. Around her, horned and monkey-faced attendants and demons gesture against a painted green and blue landscape within an oval border.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Gouaches Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2927 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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