Krishna

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Tehri Garhwal (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting the gopis (cowherd women) bathing in the river Yamuna, Krishna has hung their garments on the branches of a tree. The bashful gopis are pleading with the mischievous Krishna to return their clothes.

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Religion Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project SCRAN
Object type	Painting
Title	Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Painted
Brief description	Painting, Krishna and the cow-girls' clothes, in opaque watercolour on paper, Tehri Garhwal, ca. 1820
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting the gopis (cowherd women) bathing in the river Yamuna, Krishna has hung their garments on the branches of a tree. The bashful gopis are pleading with the mischievous Krishna to return their clothes.
Dimensions	Height: 253mm Width: 190mm Image within innermost painted border height: 244mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted border width: 182mm (maximum) 24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description	The gopis (cowherd women) bathing in the river Yamuna, Krishna has hung their garments on the branches of a tree. The bashful gopis are pleading with the mischievous Krishna to return their clothes.
Style	Garhwal
Marks and inscriptions	'£3' (handwritten on back of object)
Credit line	Given by Mr R. W. Skelton
Subjects depicted	Tree Figures Milkmaids Deity Clothes Krishna
Bibliographic references	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. 121, cat. no. 33 Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4 cat. no. 81
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.263-1953

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Record created	October 21, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O68650/krishna-painting-unknown/

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