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Krishna and Radha

Painting
ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An opaque watercolour on paper depicting Krishna and Radha embracing, on a bed in a courtyard.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleKrishna and Radha (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Krishna and Radha embracing, gouache on paper, Pahari, probably Mandi, ca. 1820
Physical description
An opaque watercolour on paper depicting Krishna and Radha embracing, on a bed in a courtyard.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 246mm
  • Page width: 186mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 230mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 168mm
17/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description
Krishna and Radha on a bed in a courtyard.
Styles
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund
Object history
Previously in the Rothenstein Collection
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Reproduced in Goetz, Yarhbuch article.
  • Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4 cat. no. 84
Collection
Accession number
IS.149-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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