Subject
Deity
Deity is a subject in art. The gallery holds 89 works in this subject in art, including works by Giovanni di Paolo, Charles-Joseph Natoire and Annibale Carracci.
A deity or god is a supernatural being considered to have authority over some aspect of the universe and/or life, with many also being considered as sacred and worthy of worship. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine.
Key artists
Works
釈迦三尊十六善神像|Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and Sixteen Benevolent Deities
金剛界曼荼羅諸尊図像|Scroll of Deities of the Diamond World Mandala
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春日若宮曼荼羅|Mandala of Wakamiya of Kasuga Shrine (Kasuga wakamiya mandara)
熊野曼茶羅図|Mandala of Kumano Shrine
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The Rebuke of Adam and Eve
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高野四所明神像|The Four Deities of Mount Kōya
『図像抄』〈十巻抄〉明王部諸尊|Iconographic Drawings of the Five Kings of Wisdom (Myōō-bu shoson)
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般若菩薩曼荼羅図|Mandala of the Bodhisattva Hannya (Prajnaparamita)
龍湫周沢写 不動明王二童子像|Fudō Myōō and Two Attendants
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藤原鎌足像|Fujiwara no Kamatari as a Shinto Deity
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明景泰 佚名 北斗中斗本命星君圖 軸|Star deities of the northern and central dippers
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The Coronation of the Virgin
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The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise
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愛染明王像|Aizen Myōō
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龍湫周沢写 不動明王二童子像|Fudō Myōō and Two Attendants
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Initiation Cards (Tsakalis)
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真言諸尊図像抄|Scroll from the Compendium of Iconographic Drawings (Zuzōshō)
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愛染曼荼羅図像 (Aizen mandara zuzō)|Iconographical Drawing of the Mandala of the Wisdom King Aizen
天部諸尊図像抄|Scroll 9 of Collected Iconography (Zuzōshō): Ten (Devas)
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荼枳尼天像|Dakini
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十三仏図大津絵|Ōtsu-e of Thirteen Buddhist Deities
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Hevajra Mandala
山王本地仏曼荼羅|Mandala of the Sannō Shrine Deities
西王母図|Queen Mother of the West
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The Four Deities of Mount Kōya
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十二天像(梵天)|One of the Twelve Devas: Bonten
金剛夜叉図大津絵|Ōtsu-e of Shōmen Kongōyasha (Vajrayaksha)
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清滝権現像|Seiryū Gongen
Guru Dragpo
Chakrasamvara and consort Vajravarahi
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The Birth of Minerva
Fudō Myōō with Four Attendants, Outlined in Seed Syllables
Dispute between Minerva and Neptune over the Naming of the City of Athens
月岡芳年筆 不動明王∙祐天上人図|Fudō Myōō Threatening a Novice