Vajrapani and Garuda

1340·Painting: gum tempera, gold, and silver on silk; lateral borders: silk damask with needleloop embroidery; top and bottom panels: embroidered silk, lead, and silver paper; curtain: silk tabby; dowels: wood, rawhide, and leather·Overall: 114.6 x 44.5 cm (45 1/8 x 17 1/2 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Catalogue

Year: 1340
Medium: Painting: gum tempera, gold, and silver on silk; lateral borders: silk damask with needleloop embroidery; top and bottom panels: embroidered silk, lead, and silver paper; curtain: silk tabby; dowels: wood, rawhide, and leather
Dimensions: Overall: 114.6 x 44.5 cm (45 1/8 x 17 1/2 in.)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist: Cristóbal Balenciaga

Artist

Cristóbal Balenciaga

Fashion Design

Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre was a Spanish fashion designer, and the founder of the Balenciaga clothing brand. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as "the master of us all" by Christian Dior and as "the only couturier in the truest sense of the word" by Coco Chanel, who continued, "The others are simply fashion designers". On the day of his death, in 1972, Women's Wear Daily ran the headline "The King is Dead".

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