COLLECTION NAME:
Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images
Record
ID_Number:
WBD_09252
Creator name:
unknown
Title:
Child Saint Sambandar
View description:
full view
Date:
12th 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:
F1976.5
Style_Period:
Chola
Subject:
saints
Subject:
children
Subject:
dancing (activity)
Subject:
nudes (representations)
Culture:
Indian (South Asian)
Culture:
Buddhism
Category:
Sculpture and Installations
Work_type:
statuettes (statues)
Material_Technique:
bronze
Measurement:
48.6 x 43.5 x 17.3 cm
Copy_Source:
digital image
Image_Source:
Walter Denny
Note:
From the Asian Art Museum: "Sambandar, a Hindu poet-saint devoted to Shiva, is often shown as a child dancing in exultation." Additionally from the NMAA site: "The imagery of this dancing child closely resembles that of the well-known god Krishna, an incarnation of the god Vishnu who is also celebrated as a child."
Rights Reproduction & Access:
Duplication rights - Walter Denny
Filename:
WBD_09252.JPG
