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Painting of a sprawled demoness with green skin and a small blue child on her chest, with women and a child watching on a red background beside a pavilion.

The Death of the Demoness Putana: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series

A painted folio shows a large, sprawled female figure with green-tinged skin and a blue-skinned child on her chest, set against a vivid red ground. Two women and a small nude child in yellow loincloth watch from the left and right, beside a blue pavilion with red floor patterns.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1610
Medium
Opaque watercolor and ink paper
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
4000 × 3293 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1620).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2002

Español: La muerte de la demonio Putana, folio de una serie del Bhagavata Purana

Un folio pintado muestra una figura femenina grande y tendida, de piel verdosa, con un niño de piel azul sobre el pecho, sobre un fondo rojo intenso. Dos mujeres y un niño desnudo con paño amarillo observan desde los lados, junto a un pabellón azul con motivos rojos en el suelo.

Português: A morte da demônia Putana, fólio de uma série do Bhagavata Purana

Um fólio pintado mostra uma grande figura feminina estendida, de pele esverdeada, com um menino de pele azul sobre o peito, contra um fundo vermelho vivo. Duas mulheres e um menino nu com tanga amarela observam dos lados, junto a um pavilhão azul com padrões vermelhos no chão.

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