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Radha and Krishna

Painting
ca. 1730-1735 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, with beetle-wing details, Gita Govinda illustration, Krishna approached by Radha and companion. Radha wears a dark red and blue skirt with brown bodice and is attended by a companion in a mauve and white skirt and orange bodice. They approach a dark green hillock surrounded by dark trees. Krishna sits within the grove in a dark yellow dhoti and holding a tiny flute in his hand. Krishna waits in the forest of Brindaban, and the River Jumna is at the bottom of the scene. Pale yellow background and triangular trees.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRadha and Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, with beetle-wings
Brief description
Painting, Gita Govinda illustration, Krishna approached by Radha and companion, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, with beetle-wing details, Basohli, ca. 1730-1735
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, with beetle-wing details, Gita Govinda illustration, Krishna approached by Radha and companion. Radha wears a dark red and blue skirt with brown bodice and is attended by a companion in a mauve and white skirt and orange bodice. They approach a dark green hillock surrounded by dark trees. Krishna sits within the grove in a dark yellow dhoti and holding a tiny flute in his hand. Krishna waits in the forest of Brindaban, and the River Jumna is at the bottom of the scene. Pale yellow background and triangular trees.
Dimensions
  • With border height: 210mm
  • Width: 256mm
  • Height: 158mm
  • With border width: 307mm
Red border with black and white rules.
Content description
Krishna approached by Radha and companion.
Style
Object history
Purchased from Muhammad Hussain. Registered file 1930/11406
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
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. 47, cat. no. (vii).
Collection
Accession number
IM.89-1930

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Record createdJuly 20, 2000
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