Home›Sources›Bhima and King Virata, accession IS.38-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)SourcesBhima and King Virata, accession IS.38-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)Victoria and Albert Museum collections API record, read 2026-08-18Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Bhima and King Virata, accession IS.38-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/va-bhima-king-virata-is-38-1959.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Bhima and King Virata, accession IS.38-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/va-bhima-king-virata-is-38-1959Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-bhima-and-king-virata-accession-is-38-19, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Bhima and King Virata, accession IS.38-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/va-bhima-king-virata-is-38-1959}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Victoria and Albert Museum's own collections API record for "Bhima and King Virata," a Kalighat painting in watercolour and tin alloy on paper, made in Kolkata around 1890. Given by R. W. Skelton, 1959. Accession number IS.38-1959.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (15 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The holding museum's own collections API record for the accessioned painting, the strongest available record for its subject, medium, place, date and accession number, whose own title names the subject outright.CitationPublisherWell-attestedVictoria and Albert MuseumURLWell-attestedhttps://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432373Source TypeWell-attestedMuseumCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithBhima, Figures Well-attested This source names Bhima directly: "own collections API record for "Bhima and King Virata," a Kalighat painting in watercolour and tin alloy on paper, made in Kolkata around 1890."Source Bhima and King Virata, accession IS.38-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1King Virata, Figures Well-attested This source names King Virata directly: "collections API record for "Bhima and King Virata," a Kalighat painting in watercolour and tin alloy on paper, made in Kolkata around 1890."Source Bhima and King Virata, accession IS.38-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1Kolkata, Cities Well-attested This source names Kolkata directly: "and tin alloy on paper, made in Kolkata around 1890."Source Bhima and King Virata, accession IS.38-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds.Sacred Art & Iconography, 7 claims: 1 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Well-attested6Sacred Art & IconographyBhima and King Virata (Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.38-1959)SourcesBhima and King Virata, accession IS.38-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)Holds7Sacred Art & IconographyBhima and King Virata (Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.38-1959)SourcesBhima and King Virata, accession IS.38-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)Connected1Sacred Art & IconographyBhima and King Virata (Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.38-1959)General References1Sacred Art & IconographyBhima and King Virata (Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.38-1959)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year