Lakshmi massaging the foot of Vishnu

Composition attributed to Nainsukh (active ca. 1710-1778)

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: “Majnu te nainsukh ki banai hoi”- (the painting) is (the joint) work of Majnu and Nainsukh/or- Painted by Majnu and Nainsukh/or Done by Majnu and Nainsukh.

Date: ca. 1765-1770
Type: Painting
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Department: NMAA
Institution: National Museum of Asian Art
Object number: fsg_S2018.1.61
Credit: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art

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