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Radha and Krishna

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

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRadha and Krishna (generic)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Radha and Krishna in forest, from Rasa Panchadhyayi series, style of Bhagvan, Kulu, ca. 1790-1800
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 198mm (maximum)
  • Width: 248mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 164mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 214mm
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
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.
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
(On the reverse, a stanza in Sanskrit from the poem.)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • 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 i.
  • Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4 cat. no. 59
Collection
Accession number
IS.58-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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