Narasimha detail of face South India (Tamil Nadu), ca. 1700–1750 Wood with cloth and polychrome H. (with stand) 47 1/2 in. (120.7 cm); W. 40 in. (101.6 cm ); D. 20 in. (50.8 cm) Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation and Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Gifts, 2015 Photo: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art