Not currently on display at the V&A

Sudama and Krishna

Painting
ca. 1860 - ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Sudama and Krishna in a garden pavilion; Krishna taking a woman by the hand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSudama and Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Sudama and Krishna, opaque watercolour on paper, Tehri Garhwal, ca. 1860-1870
Physical description
An opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Sudama and Krishna in a garden pavilion; Krishna taking a woman by the hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 209mm
  • Width: 264mm
  • Image inside innermost painted border height: 195mm
  • Image inside innermost painted border width: 251mm (maximum)
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Sudama and Krishna in a garden pavilion; Krishna taking a woman by the hand.
Styles
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund
Object history
Previously in the Rothenstein Collection.
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. 123, cat. no. iii
Collection
Accession number
IS.155-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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