Krishna

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Mankot (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Krishna's departure by chariot from Brindaban for Mathura, having disregarded the gopis' pleas that he should remain. The small Krishna in the bottom left corner is probably the red Krishna, their erstwhile lover, whom they treasure in their minds, as against the new Krishna who is about to fulfil his destiny, abandon Brindaban and vanquish Kanza.

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Categories	Paintings Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project Animals and Wildlife Hinduism
Object type	Painting
Title	Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Gold Painted
Brief description	Painting, Bhagavata Purana, Krishna leaves for Mathura, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Guler style at Mankot, ca. 1760
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Krishna's departure by chariot from Brindaban for Mathura, having disregarded the gopis' pleas that he should remain. The small Krishna in the bottom left corner is probably the red Krishna, their erstwhile lover, whom they treasure in their minds, as against the new Krishna who is about to fulfil his destiny, abandon Brindaban and vanquish Kanza.
Dimensions	Height: 240mm (approx.) Width: 240mm (approx.) Image within innermost painted borders height: 208mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted borders width: 301mm (maximum) Paper onto which object mounted height: 261mm Paper onto which object mounted width: 355mm 26/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object and painted borders irregular in shape
Content description	Krishna's departure by chariot from Brindaban for Mathura, having disregarded the gopis' pleas that he should remain.
Style	Guler
Marks and inscriptions
Subjects depicted	Deity Chariot Milkmaids Krishna
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. 380, cat. no. 43
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.118-1960

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433045/krishna-painting-unknown/

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