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Blue four-armed Vishnu stands on a fish form beside a crouching red horned demon, with four attendants under a golden sky.

Matsya; avatar of Vishnu, Vishnu emerges from the mouth of a fish to kill the demon king Hayagriva. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.

A blue four-armed deity in a crown stands on a pale scaly fish form against grey rocky ground, holding a lotus. At left, a red horned demon in a white dhoti crouches, while four attendants stand under a golden sky in this gouache.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Gouaches Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3071 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

Español: Matsya: Vishnu emergiendo de un pez, gouache indio

Una deidad azul de cuatro brazos y corona está de pie sobre una forma de pez escamosa, sobre un suelo gris y rocoso, sosteniendo un loto. A la izquierda, un demonio rojo con cuernos y un dhoti blanco se agacha, mientras cuatro asistentes bajo un cielo dorado miran en esta gouache.

Português: Matsya: Vishnu emergindo de um peixe, guache indiano

Uma divindade azul de quatro braços e coroa está em pé sobre uma forma de peixe escamosa, em solo cinzento e rochoso, segurando um lótus. À esquerda, um demônio vermelho de chifres e dhoti branco se agacha, enquanto quatro auxiliares sob um céu dourado observam neste guache.

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