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The Demon Hiranyaksha Departs the Demon Palace: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series
ca. 1740
- Date
- ca. 1740
- Culture or place
- Northern India, Guler, Himachal Pradesh
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Size
- Page: 8 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (21.6 x 32.4 cm) Image: 7 1/16 x 11 1/4 in. (17.9 x 28.6 cm)
- Type
- Paintings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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