- Radha and Krishna
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Radha and Krishna
- Object:
Painting
- Place of origin:
Kulu (made)
- Date:
ca. 1790 - ca. 1800 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
- Museum number:
IS.58-1952
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Radha and Krishna standing in the forest, two cowherds and two milkmaids standing with them; at their feet is a stream; from a Rasa Panchadhyayi series.
Place of Origin
Kulu (made)
Date
ca. 1790 - ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Marks and inscriptions
On the reverse, a stanza in Sanskrit from the poem.
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm maximum, Width: 248 mm maximum, Height: 164 mm image within innermost painted borders, Width: 214 mm image within innermost painted borders
Descriptive line
Painting, Radha and Krishna in forest, from Rasa Panchadhyayi series, style of Bhagvan, Kulu, ca. 1790-1800
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
p. 340, cat. no. 40 i.
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
cat. no. 59
Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4
Materials
Opaque watercolour; Paper; Paint
Techniques
Painted
Subjects depicted
Stream; Deities; Milkmaids; Forest
Categories
Paintings; Hinduism; Religion; Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
