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Radha and Krishna

Painting
ca. 1790 - ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, of Radha and Krishna standing together in the forest, two cowherds standing behind Krishna, to the right, four milkmaids sitting; at their feet a stream. From a Rasa Panchadhyayi series, No 35 in the same illustrated Gita Gobinda MSS as IS 58. 1952.


Object details

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Object type
TitleRadha and Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Radha and Krishna in forest, Rasa Panchadhyayi series, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1790-1800
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, of Radha and Krishna standing together in the forest, two cowherds standing behind Krishna, to the right, four milkmaids sitting; at their feet a stream. From a Rasa Panchadhyayi series, No 35 in the same illustrated Gita Gobinda MSS as IS 58. 1952.
Dimensions
  • Height: 197mm (maximum)
  • Width: 248mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 160mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 215mm
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Radha and Krishna standing together in the forest, two cowherds standing behind Krishna, to the right, four milkmaids sitting; at their feet a stream.
Styles
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. 340, cat. no. 40 vi.
Collection
Accession number
IS.62-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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