Home›Sources›Varuna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan, accession 19.90 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)SourcesVaruna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan, accession 19.90 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access collection API record, read 2026-08-28Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Varuna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan, accession 19.90 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/met-varuna-noose-swan-19-90.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Varuna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan, accession 19.90 (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/met-varuna-noose-swan-19-90Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-varuna-holding-a-noose-and-riding-a-swan, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Varuna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan, accession 19.90 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/met-varuna-noose-swan-19-90}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for Varuna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan, accession 19.90, in the Asian Art department. Read as part of a 2026-08-28 divinity depth pass filling artwork entities the atlas had minted with a description and cross-references but no properties of their own.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (22 claims)Version History (1)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedMetropolitan Museum of ArtURLWell-attestedhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37533Source TypeWell-attestedMuseumAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned relief, the strongest available record for its date, culture and accession number, whose own title names the subject outright.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithVaruna, Deities Well-attested This source names Varuna directly: "open-access collection API record for "Varuna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan," an Indian sandstone relief of the 6th to 8th century, acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1919."Source Varuna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan, accession 19.90 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1SourcesVaruna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan, accession 19.90 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of ArtView the SourceCite this page as it read on August 28, 2026: /cite/61Claims Backed By This Source (22 claims)This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSacred Art & Iconography, 16 claims: 13 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.Well-attested18Sacred Art & IconographyVaruna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19.90)SourcesVaruna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan, accession 19.90 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Holds2Sacred Art & IconographyVaruna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19.90)SourcesVaruna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan, accession 19.90 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Connected1Sacred Art & IconographyVaruna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19.90)General References1Sacred Art & IconographyVaruna Holding a Noose and Riding a Swan (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19.90)Version History (1)This entry has 1 recorded version.DescriptionVersion 1 · August 28, 2026 · Cite This VersionComments (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