Museum Exhibition
Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 24, 2026 – June 27, 2027
Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930 presents the first encyclopedic exhibition of these chromolithographic prints from the pioneering studio presses of Calcutta (Kolkata), Poona (Pune), and Bombay (Mumbai).
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
India, Kolkata, West Bengal
Sri Sri Durga
ca. 1875–80
Lithograph with black ink on paper
Image (excluding text): 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (26.7 × 21 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (29.9 × 22.2 cm)
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Becharam Das Dutta
Krishna and Balarama depart Vrindavan
dated equivalent to 1856
Lithograph with black ink, watercolor, and glaze on paper
Sheet: 16 3/8 × 11 1/8 in. (41.6 × 28.3 cm)
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India, Kolkata, West Bengal,
Kali
ca. 1885–95
Chromolithograph on paper
Image: 12 × 9 1/2 in. (30.5 × 24.1 cm) Sheet: 16 5/8 × 12 7/8 in. (42.2 × 32.7 cm)
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India, Kolkata, West Bengal
Bhuvaneshvari
ca. 1880–85
Lithograph with black ink, watercolor, and glaze on paper
Sheet: 15 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (40.5 x 30.3 cm)
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India, Kolkata, West Bengal
Lakshmi
1883
Lithograph with black ink, watercolor, and glaze on paper
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 12 1/2 in. (41.3 × 31.8 cm)
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India, Kolkata, West Bengal
Nala and Damayanti
1878–82
Lithograph with black ink, watercolor, and glaze on paper
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 21 5/8 in. (40.3 × 54.9 cm)
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India, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Lakshmi
1894
Chromolithograph on paper
Image: 28 1/8 × 20 in. (71.4 × 50.8 cm) Sheet: 30 3/4 × 25 7/8 in. (78.1 × 65.7 cm)
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