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Krishna

Painting
ca. 1660 - ca. 1670 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Basohli (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Krishna in a yellow dhoti stands in an empty landscape raising his right hand in a gesture of despair. A male companion in striped green trousers and yellow scarf attempts to console him. Orange background.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Hinduism
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleKrishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Rasamanjari illustration, Krishna confiding in companion, opaque watercolour on paper, Basohli, ca. 1660-1670
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Krishna in a yellow dhoti stands in an empty landscape raising his right hand in a gesture of despair. A male companion in striped green trousers and yellow scarf attempts to console him. Orange background.
Dimensions
  • With border height: 229mm
  • Width: 263mm
  • Height: 172mm
  • With border width: 324mm
Yellow border with silver margin, white rules and shaded surround.
Content description
Krishna in a yellow dhoti stands in an empty landscape raising his right hand in a gesture of despair.
Style
Basohli
Marks and inscriptions
  • (written in Takri at top of object)
    Translation
    'the need for love'
    Transliteration
    'abhalakha avasatha'
  • (written in Takri on left border)
    Translation
    '122'
  • [verse from the Rasamanjari] (written in Sanskrit on reverse of object; translation by Randhawa and Bhambri (1967))
    Translation
    'The beauty of that slender girl is like a pool in which my heart and eyes have dropped. The heart, being heavy, has been completely submerged; the eyes being light, are floating all around'
Object history
From the collection of Mr. Michael Rothenstein; IS.46 to 73-1953 were purchased for £300.
Subjects depicted
Love
Deity
Landscape
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 p. 38, cat no. 4 xiv
  • Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4 cat. no. 11
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.53-1953

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Record createdJuly 20, 2000
Record URL
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