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Krishna

Painting
mid 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to a Braj poem, by Sur Das, showing Krishna and eight gopis sporting in a courtyard. The figures stand on a terrace in front of two pavilions, with a garden in the immediate foreground, Krishna stands before them with his flute in his left hand and a garland around his neck, he wears a transparent jama over orange pyjama with golden turban. The nearest gopi embraces him while the others look on in adoration; behind them, into the larger of the two pavilions, are set niches, containing coloured glass bottles. The smallest of the two is shown open and a bed within, between the two a brick wall is visible and above it rise trees and a narrow area of dark blue sky. The whole is contained within a yellow border, and an outer red margin.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleKrishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Krishna and gopis, opaque watercolour on paper, Mewar, mid-20th century after a 17th century original
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to a Braj poem, by Sur Das, showing Krishna and eight gopis sporting in a courtyard. The figures stand on a terrace in front of two pavilions, with a garden in the immediate foreground, Krishna stands before them with his flute in his left hand and a garland around his neck, he wears a transparent jama over orange pyjama with golden turban. The nearest gopi embraces him while the others look on in adoration; behind them, into the larger of the two pavilions, are set niches, containing coloured glass bottles. The smallest of the two is shown open and a bed within, between the two a brick wall is visible and above it rise trees and a narrow area of dark blue sky. The whole is contained within a yellow border, and an outer red margin.
Dimensions
  • Height: 351mm
  • Width: 246mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 313mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 206mm
05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Krishna and eight gopis sporting in a courtyard.
Style
Credit line
Given by Arthur Tooth and Sons Ltd, 1975.
Object history
Indian Paintings from the 17th to 19th centuries, 20th November to 14th December 1974 (Arthur Tooth and Sons Ltd. No. 33)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4 cat. no. 104
Collection
Accession number
IS.30-1975

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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