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Radha and Krishna

Painting
ca. 1820 - ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Nahan (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting Radha turning away towards a female companion as Krishna makes advances to her. A hilly landscape can be seen in the background.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Hinduism
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleRadha and Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Gold
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, reluctant Radha, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Nahan (Sirmur) ca. 1820-1840
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting Radha turning away towards a female companion as Krishna makes advances to her. A hilly landscape can be seen in the background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 224mm (maximum)
  • Width: 154mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 207mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 136mm (maximum)
31/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Radha turning away towards a girl companion as Krishna makes advances to her.
Style
Pahari
Object history
From the sale of Sir Ernest Debenham's paintings at Sotheby's; bought via Maggs 2 July 1953.
Subjects depicted
Deities
Lovers
Radha
Krishna
Bibliographic references
  • Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 pp. 417-8, cat. no. 3.
  • Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4 cat. no. 88
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.149-1953

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Record createdSeptember 14, 2006
Record URL
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