Lakshmi massaging the foot of Vishnu
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection â funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art
Accession Number
S2018.1.61
Tags
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionIndiaLakshmiSouth Asian and Himalayan ArtVishnu
About this artwork
Verso: In devanagari gold letters on blue paper, the Sanskrit text is from the Narayana Upanishad of Atharveda. Inscribed in black ink in a different hand: âMajnu te nainsukh ki banai hoiâ- (the painting) is (the joint) work of Majnu and Nainsukh/or- Painted by Majnu and Nainsukh/or Done by Majnu and Nainsukh.