Radha and Krishna
Painting
1768 (made)
1768 (made)
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Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Radha and Krishna standing together on a lotus. placed on a terrace of red and green chequers. Krishna is blue, crowned and wears a gold brocade jacket and yellow trousers; he holds a flute in his left hand and embraces Radha's shoulders with his right arm. She wears a yellow choli, red sari, and red and green striped skirt. Two white cows are on their right; behind is a flat landscape of river and low-lying fields, from the sky small celestial beings, in gold, shower down flowers upon them.
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Title | Radha and Krishna (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper, with gold details |
Brief description | Painting, Radha and Krishna, opaque watercolour on paper, Rajasthan, possibly Jaipur, 1768 |
Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Radha and Krishna standing together on a lotus. placed on a terrace of red and green chequers. Krishna is blue, crowned and wears a gold brocade jacket and yellow trousers; he holds a flute in his left hand and embraces Radha's shoulders with his right arm. She wears a yellow choli, red sari, and red and green striped skirt. Two white cows are on their right; behind is a flat landscape of river and low-lying fields, from the sky small celestial beings, in gold, shower down flowers upon them. |
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Content description | Radha and Krishna standing together on a lotus. placed on a terrace of red and green chequers. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs. Grace S. Anderson in memory of her husband John Anderson, M. D., C. E. O., F. R. S. |
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Accession number | IM.24-1917 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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