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Krishna and Radha

Painting
ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mandi (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Krishna peeping over a wall watching Radha with children.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Hinduism
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
SCRAN
India Museum
Object type
Painting
TitleKrishna and Radha (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Gold
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Krishna watching Radha with children, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mandi, ca. 1840
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Krishna peeping over a wall watching Radha with children.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 292mm (maximum)
  • Page width: 257mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 225mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 282mm
17/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape.
Content description
Krishna peeping over a wall watching Radha with children.
Style
Mandi
Subjects depicted
Children
Krishna
Radha
Bibliographic references
  • Jaffer, A. Furniture from British India and Ceylon: a catalogue of the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2001. ISBN 1 85177 318 5. p.118, fig.50.
  • 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. 366, cat. no. 65
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
4648A/(IS)

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Record createdNovember 1, 2002
Record URL
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