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Peafowl

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  • Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.
  • A courtesan carrying a peacock. Watercolour drawing.
  • Circe sits with books and wand; to right, men transformed into animals. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 165-.
  • Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
  • Adam and Eve with the serpent and other animals in the garden of Eden. Engraving by C.J. Visscher after N. de Bruyn.
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    Double picture: Durga slaying the buffalo demon, Shri Deri; Shri Dattatreya with a cow, two worshippers and dog. Transfer lithograph.

    | Reference: 25925i
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    Jupiter carrying Hercules to be breast-fed by a goddess (?) Engraving by P.R. de Launay after D. Duvivier after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

    Tintoretto, 1518-1594. | Reference: 17449i
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    Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.

    Boulogne, Louis, 1654-1733. | Date: 1718 | Reference: 23945i
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    Page 154: Krishna playing his flute under a tree with two devotees. Gouache drawing.

    | Reference: 27502i
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    Krishna steering a peacock-headed boat carrying seven maidens and an old lady. Transfer lithograph.

    | Reference: 26204i
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