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Painting - Krishna and a lady in a pavilion.

Krishna and a lady in a pavilion.

  • Object:

    Painting

  • Place of origin:

    Malwa, India (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1660 (painted)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Gouache on paper

  • Museum number:

    IS.55-1952

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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A raga is a traditional Hindu musical form. This painting is from a dispersed set of pages called a ragamala ('garland of ragas'), in which each raga is represented by a scene or person. The image shown here has usually been identified as Bhairava raga. This raga is typically represented by the Hindu god Shiva with a lady in a palace setting. The figure shown here, however, is the god Krishna, recognisable by his blue skin and peacock-feather crown, so this identification may need to be re-assessed. The bold colours and flat composition are typical of the painting style of Malwa, in central India, from about 1650-1700.

Physical description

This scene of Krishna and a lady in a pavilion is from a Ragamala series illustrating musical mode Bhairava raga.

Place of Origin

Malwa, India (made)

Date

ca. 1660 (painted)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Gouache on paper

Dimensions

Height: 23 cm, Width: 16.5 cm

Object history note

Purchased through Maggs Bros.

Descriptive line

Ragamala painting, Bhairava Raga, Krishna, opaque watercolour, Malwa, c. 1660

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Swallow, Deborah and John Guy eds. Arts of India: 1550-1900. text by Rosemary Crill, John Guy, Veronica Murphy, Susan Stronge and Deborah Swallow. London : V&A Publications, 1990. 240 p., ill. ISBN 1851770224, p.137, pl.117.

Materials

Opaque watercolour

Techniques

Painted

Subjects depicted

Costume; Trees; Building; Krishna

Categories

Paintings; Hinduism

Collection code

SSEA

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