Dattatreya

Oleograph on paper pasted on mount board

17.75 x 12.5 in (45 x 31.5 cm)

The work has a printed inscription on the lower right stating that the print was printed at the Ravi Udaya F.A.L Press, Ghatkopar, Bombay

This work will be shipped unframed

This oleograph published by the Ravi Varma Press depicts Dattatreya. The oleograph depicts a painting by Raja Ravi Varma of the same name. We can see Dattatreya; the incarnation of the Trimurtis comprising Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara. The three heads on the deity symbolise the powerful Gods and it is believed they have given themselves in the form of a son to the sage couple Atri and Anusuya. The deity has Vishnu's Shankha, Shiva's Trishul and Brahma's Kamandalam (pot of water) while surrounded by four dogs believed to represent the Four Vedas, and a bull.