Diptych of Kali / Tara, wrathful protectors
Open this record in the interactive library
- Catalogue identifier
- kali-0096
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-0096; 2018.292
- Author or attribution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Record type
- Museum record
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- n.d.
- Source / repository
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Kali Library Research Catalogue; Art, Iconography, and Epigraphic Studies
Description and curator notes
A complete record for a printed pairing of Kali and Tara, identified as part of a Mahavidya print series. The institutional description supplies a concrete example of two goddesses being juxtaposed within a shared devotional and commercial format. This is helpful for research on relationships within the Mahavidyas while retaining the individual identities and iconographic features of the paired figures.
KALI-0096 — Kali Library Research Catalogue.
Access and reliability assessments below are supplied by the curator's 4–5 November 2026 research release, not a new independent verification.
Author / attribution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publication: The Metropolitan Museum of Art · n.d.
Artwork: 1885–90; Calcutta Art Studio, Kolkata. Accession: 2018.292.
Format / language: Museum catalog record · English
Artwork date: 1885–90 (not the publication date of this catalog record)
Identifier: 2018.292
Kali relevance: Complete written catalog documentation of a Kali-related artwork.
Context: Calcutta Art Studio, Kolkata
Subjects: Art, Iconography, and Epigraphic Studies
Evidence / reliability: Institutional or scholarly secondary source
Access / rights: Complete text checked 2026-11-05. Curatorial text is free to read; image rights vary by object. Consult the record’s specific image/reuse statement.
Source and alternate access links:
Read complete text: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/786756
Source access
Read or locate the original source at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rights and reading conditions
Complete text checked 2026-11-05. Curatorial text is free to read; image rights vary by object. Consult the record’s specific image/reuse statement. This library links to the source and does not reproduce its full text.
Citation
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Diptych of Kali / Tara, wrathful protectors. The Metropolitan Museum of Art · n.d..
This page supplies catalogue metadata and links. It does not reproduce the underlying source text. Historical, religious, healing and interpretive claims belong to the cited sources, not to an independent verification by this catalogue.