# Sadashiva worshipped by Parvati, in Himalayan painting

Devidasa painted this in about 1690. It is now at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC.

From the museum's label:

> Wearing a snow-leopard skin draped over his shoulders, Sadashiva sits with the goddess on a mauve-petalled lotus floating against an orange-colored ground. Dominating the composition, his large, ash-white body captures the focus of the viewer's attention as well as that of the goddess, whose gaze is fervid and alert.

_Text from the National Museum of Asian Art._

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1690
- Medium: Opaque watercolor, gold, and applied beetle wing on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 19.1 × 18.4 cm (7 1/2 × 7 1/4 in)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, S2018.1.1
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Devidasa](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/devidasa), Indian

1 works in the collection.

## Walk on

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