Gouache painting on paper from a portfolio of sixty-three paintings of deities and daily life.

In Hinduism – Nandi is Lord Shiva’s mount. He is also praised as Nandikeshwara or Nandideva. He is white bull (Rishabha).

The white-complexioned Nandi in his zoo-anthropomorphic (human) form stands on a low pedestal. He wears a crown, dhoti and angavastra (shawl) draped over his elbows. On his forehead, chest and arms are tripundras (three horizontal lines). In his upper right hand he carries the parashu (axe) and in his upper left the mriga (gazelle). In his lower right hand is a long rod topped with a crouching Nandi image, while his lower left hand hangs at his side.

The painting is native from either Andrha Pradesh or Tamilnadu (India).