Cleveland Museum of Art
Shiva Seated on a Throne in a Landscape
- Date
- c. 1755
- Medium
- gum tempera on paper
- Culture
- Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Shiva is depicted sitting on snakes coiled up together on a royal seat. The scene is set in a rocky mountainous setting with a row of trees in the background. In the paintings from Chamba, Shiva is usually depicted with a white complexion in three-quarter view. This formula has remained consistent for over a century with very few exceptions. Shiva is clad in tiger hide wrapped around his waist.
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