COLLECTION NAME:
Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images
Record
ID_Number:
WBD_0950
Creator name:
unknown
Title:
Queen Sembiyan Mahadevi as the Goddess Uma
Date:
10th century
Date type:
creation
Repository name:
Freer Gallery of Art
Repository name variant:
Smithsonian Institution. Freer Gallery of Art
Repository location:
Washington, D.C.
Repository_inventory_ number:
F1929.84
Style_Period:
Chola
Subject:
standing
Subject:
goddesses
Subject:
nudes (representations)
Subject:
queens
Subject:
Parvati (Hindu deity)
Subject:
silk (fiber)
Subject:
jewelry
Culture:
Indian (South Asian)
Category:
Sculpture and Installations
Work_type:
sculpture (visual work)
Material_Technique:
bronze
Measurement:
107.3 x 33.4 x 25.7 cm
Copy_Source:
digital image
Image_Source:
Walter Denny
Note:
Housed at the NMAA, this is a sculpture of the "Chola queen Sembiyan Mahadevi, whose husband reigned 949-57, was widowed at an early age and was a highly respected patron of the arts who devoted most of her life to temple commissions."
Rights Reproduction & Access:
Duplication rights - Walter Denny
Filename:
WBD_09250.JPG
