Art Institute of Chicago
The Demon Sambar Throws the Infant Pradyumna into the River, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript
Nepal
- Date
- c. 1775
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor on paper
- Culture
- Nepal
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
In this painting, moving from left to right, we see the demon Sambar throwing the infant Pradyumna (painted in blue) into the river as he knows that the newborn is fated to kill him. A large fish swallows the infant; the fish is then caught in a net by a fisherman and is carried ashore and toward the demon's palace beyond the frame, at right. Unknown to the demon, the infant is discovered when the cook cuts the fish open. A maidservant shelters the baby and raises him secretly.
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