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Krishna

Painting
ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Krishna and the gopis (milkmaids). Illustration to the Gita Govinda.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleKrishna (generic)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Krishna and gopis, opaque watercolour on paper, Jaipur, ca. 1800
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Krishna and the gopis (milkmaids). Illustration to the Gita Govinda.
Dimensions
  • Cardboard mount onto which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object height: 260mm (absolute maximum (object))
  • Cardboard mount onto which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object width: 191mm (absolute maximum (object))
08/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; not possible to accurately measure whole object, as object attached to mount
Content description
Krishna and the gopis.
Style
Credit line
Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha.
Object history
From the Gayer-Anderson Collection.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4 cat. no. 69
Collection
Accession number
IS.271-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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