Radha and Krishna
Painting
ca. 1730-1735 (made)
ca. 1730-1735 (made)
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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.
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Title | Radha 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. |
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Content description | Krishna approached by Radha and companion. |
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Object history | Purchased from Muhammad Hussain. Registered file 1930/11406 |
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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). |
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Accession number | IM.89-1930 |
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Record created | July 20, 2000 |
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