Radha and Krishna

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Malwa (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration from Kesav Das' Rasikapriya, Radha approaches Krishna in a grove. Radha wears a striped blue, red and white skirt and yellow choli, a deer stands to the right of the couple, and a monkey to the left. Almost identical to IS.86-1958.

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Categories	Paintings Religion Hinduism Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Radha and Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, Rasikapriya illustration, Radha approaches Krishna, opaque watercolour on paper, Malwa, series dated 1634
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, illustration from Kesav Das' Rasikapriya, Radha approaches Krishna in a grove. Radha wears a striped blue, red and white skirt and yellow choli, a deer stands to the right of the couple, and a monkey to the left. Almost identical to IS.86-1958.
Dimensions	Height: 211mm (maximum) Width: 170mm (maximum) Paper onto which object mounted height: 315mm Paper onto which object mounted width: 275mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 100mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 131mm 12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project; object irregular in shape
Content description	Rasikapriya illustration, Radha approaches Krishna in a grove.
Style	Malwa
Marks and inscriptions	(undeciphered text above and below image)
Credit line	Given by S. C. Welch, Esq., 1958.
Object history	Four paintings in this series, formerly from the Dickinson collection, are in the National Museum of India.
Subjects depicted	Love Deities Grove Deer Monkey Lovers Radha Krishna
Associated object	IS.86-1958 (Series)
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.26-1958

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433104/radha-and-krishna-painting-unknown/

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