Krishna and Nanda

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Malwa (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the Bhagavata Purana (10th book), an incident before the killing of the tyrant Kamsa, Krishna rescuing the sleeping Nanda from being swallowed by a serpent. Below, the cowherds visit a shrine.

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Categories	Paintings Religion Hinduism Animals and Wildlife Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Krishna and Nanda (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Painted
Brief description	Painting, Bhagavata Purana, Krishna rescuing Nanda from serpent, opaque watercolour on paper, Malwa, ca. 1730
Physical description	Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the Bhagavata Purana (10th book), an incident before the killing of the tyrant Kamsa, Krishna rescuing the sleeping Nanda from being swallowed by a serpent. Below, the cowherds visit a shrine.
Dimensions	Height: 160mm Width: 356mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 200mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 374mm 12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description	Krishna rescuing the sleeping Nanda from being swallowed by a serpent. Below, the cowherds visit a shrine.
Style	Malwa
Subjects depicted	Deities Snake Herders Shrine Krishna Nanda
Literary reference	Bhagavata Purana
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.64-1957

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433113/krishna-and-nanda-painting-unknown/

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