Title: Durga Confronts the Buffalo Demon Mahisha: Scene from the Devi Mahatmya
Object type: Painting
Date: ca. 1780
Culture: India (Himachal Pradesh, Guler)
Artist: Attributed to a first-generation master after Nainsukh 
Artist bio: active ca. 1735–78
Artist nationality: Indian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Charcoal and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions: Image (sight): 5 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (13.7 x 19.4 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Subhash Kapoor, in memory of his parents, Smt Shashi Kanta and Shree Parshotam Ram Kapoor, 2008
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buffalos, term: Lions, term: Demons, term: Durga