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Krishna

Painting
19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Krishna fluting in a tree having stolen the clothes of the gopis(cow-girls) bathing in the stream beneath. One cow is in the background.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleKrishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Krishna stealing the gopis' clothes, opaque watercolour on paper, Punjab Hills (Pahari), 19th century
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Krishna fluting in a tree having stolen the clothes of the gopis(cow-girls) bathing in the stream beneath. One cow is in the background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 218mm (maximum)
  • Width: 230mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 160mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 172mm (maximum)
19/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Krishna fluting in a tree having stolen the clothes of the gopis(cow-girls) bathing in the stream beneath. One cow is in the background.
Style
Credit line
P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles Bequest through Art Fund
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.21-1949

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Record createdNovember 6, 2002
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