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Yasoda and Krishna

Painting
ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kolkata (made)

Painting, watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Yashoda, Krishna's foster mother, is depicted cross-legged on the floor feeding the baby Krishna.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Hinduism
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
SCRAN
Object type
Painting
TitleYasoda and Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in watercolour and tin alloy on paper
Watercolour
Tin Alloy
Paint
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Kalighat painting, Yasoda nursing Krishna. watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Kolkata, ca. 1890
Physical description
Painting, watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Yashoda, Krishna's foster mother, is depicted cross-legged on the floor feeding the baby Krishna.
Dimensions
  • Height: 451mm (approx.)
  • Width: 279mm (approx.)
  • Card onto which object mounted height: 468mm
  • Card onto which object mounted width: 295mm
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape.
Content description
Yashoda (Yasoda), Krishna's foster mother, is depicted cross-legged on the floor feeding the baby Krishna.
Style
Kalighat
Credit line
Given by Ernest H. Hindley, Esq.
Object history
Historical significance: Calcutta was recognised as the Capital of British India from 1833-1912. By the 1830s, artists had arrived from rural villages in Bengal and began to produce paintings that reflected local history, mythology, customs and conflicts of a colonised society. As a popular art form, these artists are recognised for their use of brilliant colour, simplified images and swift brushstrokes that became the hallmark of Kalighat painting in the 19th and early 20th century.

Given by Ernest H. Hindley, Esq., Lightcliffe[?], Shepherd's 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.

RP 1914-2063M
Subjects depicted
Deities
Yasoda
Krishna
Bibliographic references
  • Kalighat paintings : a catalogue and introduction / by W.G. Archer. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1971 Number: 0112900291 : Fig. C, cat. no. 31, xiv, and fig. 72, p. 90.
  • Archer, W.G., Bazaar Paintings of Calcutta, Victoria & Albert Museum, H.M.S.O., 1955 p. 23, fig. 31
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.119-1914

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Record createdDecember 5, 2002
Record URL
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