A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a short saffron robe and tigerskin. Gouache painting, ca. 1880 (?).

Date:
[1880? (?)]
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566434i
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A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a short saffron robe and tigerskin. Gouache painting, ca. 1880 (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The man's forehead is decorated with white and with a grey mark and he has long greying (?) hair and a dark beard; he carries a kamandal (sacred pot)

Publication/Creation

[1880? (?)]

Physical description

1 painting : gouache, with watercolour ; sheet 16.2 x 10.8 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 566434i

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