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Radha and Krishna

Painting
ca. 1780 - ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque water-colour and gold on paper, the month of Aghan, Radha and Krishna meeting on a lakeside terrace. painting from a Barahmasa series.


Object details

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Object type
TitleRadha and Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque water-colour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, Barahmasa, month of Aghan (November-December), Radha and Krishna, opaque watercolour on paper, Garhwal, ca. 1780-1790
Physical description
Painting, in opaque water-colour and gold on paper, the month of Aghan, Radha and Krishna meeting on a lakeside terrace. painting from a Barahmasa series.
Content description
The month of Aghan, painting from a Barahmasa series, Radha and Krishna meeting on a lakeside terrace.
Style
Gallery label
THE MONTH OF AGHAN Opaque watercolour and gold on paper Garhwal, Punjab Hills c. 1790 IS.6-1960 This painting is from a Baramasa series illustrating verses on the twelve months of the Hindu calendar. Aghan is the ninth month, equivalent to November/December. Krishna and Radha are in the foreground. Cranes soar in the distance while smaller birds perch in the trees. The branches of some are bare, and the grey colour of the background adds to the wintry feeling.(27/9/2013)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Topsfield, Andrew, An introduction to Indian Court Painting, H.M.S.O., London, 1984, 0112903835 p. 43, cat. no. 36.
  • 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. 112-3, cat. no. 5i.
  • Ayers, J. Oriental Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1983, ISBN 0-85667-120-7 p. 80
Collection
Accession number
IS.6-1960

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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