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Queen Trishala Gives Birth to Mahavira, c. 1475-1500. Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper.
Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper · Image: 10.3 × 7.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Queen Trishala Gives Birth to Mahavira, from a copy of the Kalpasutra
- Artist
- India Gujarat
- Date
- c. 1475-1500
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 10.3 × 7.4 cm (4 1/16 × 2 7/8 in.); Paper: 11.4 × 26.3 cm (4 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Everett and Ann McNear Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.