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Radha and Krishna

Painting
ca. 1820- ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kangra (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Radha and Krishna walking in a grove; from a Rasika Priya series.


Object details

Categories
Hinduism
Religion
Paintings
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
SCRAN
Object type
Painting
TitleRadha and Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paint
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Radha and Krishna walking in a grove, opaque watercolour on paper, Kangra, ca. 1820-1825
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Radha and Krishna walking in a grove; from a Rasika Priya series.
Dimensions
  • Height: 329mm
  • Width: 241mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 254mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 172mm
05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Radha and Krishna walking in a grove; from a Rasika Priya series.
Styles
Pahari
Kangra
Credit line
Purchased from Dr A K Coomaraswamy
Object history
IM.155-1914 to IM.157-1914 bought in 1914 from Mr M. K. Heeramanek for £50.

Purchased from Dr A K Coomaraswamy, 39, Brookfield, West Hill, Highgate, N. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.
Subjects depicted
Grove
Deities
Radha
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. 305, cat. no.66 (i)
  • Irwin, John C., Indian Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1968 pl. 47
  • Irwin, John, C., A Brief Guide to Indian Art, H.M.S.O. 1962 fig. 16
  • Irwin, John; Indian Art: Victoria & Albert Museum departmental guide, H.M.S.O. ISBN 0 905209117, 1978 fig. 16, p. 14
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.156-1914

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Record createdOctober 29, 2002
Record URL
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