Sacred Art & Iconography

"Lakshmi, Goddess of Prosperity" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014.60)

Brass figure, India (Himachal Pradesh), 7th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art 2014.60

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Divinity Atlas. ""Lakshmi, Goddess of Prosperity" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014.60)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/lakshmi-goddess-of-prosperity-met-2014-60.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). "Lakshmi, Goddess of Prosperity" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014.60). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/lakshmi-goddess-of-prosperity-met-2014-60

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@misc{divinityatlas-lakshmi-goddess-of-prosperity-metropolit,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {"Lakshmi, Goddess of Prosperity" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014.60)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/lakshmi-goddess-of-prosperity-met-2014-60},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A brass figure, India, Himachal Pradesh, 7th century, showing the goddess Lakshmi. The Metropolitan Museum's own title names her directly. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 2014.60, Asian Art department.

Facts

Subject Matter

Devotional Function

Small bronze and brass images of this scale from Himachal Pradesh's early Vaishnava metalworking tradition were typically cast as portable icons for private household or smaller-shrine worship, rather than as the fixed cult image of a major temple's inner sanctum, letting a family or a modest local shrine maintain its own accessible image of the goddess. 1

Cross-Tradition Connections