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Radha and Krishna

Painting
ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kolkata (made)

Painting, in water colour on paper, with tin alloy details, Radha seated on the ground in front of a tree at Krishna's feet. Krishna the blue skinned god is wearing a peacock crown with a silver necklace and amulets (executed in tin alloy) similar to Radha's.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Religion
Hinduism
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
SCRAN
Object type
Painting
TitleRadha and Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in water colour on paper, with tin alloy details
Paper
Watercolour
Tin Alloy
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Radha at Krishna's feet, watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1850
Physical description
Painting, in water colour on paper, with tin alloy details, Radha seated on the ground in front of a tree at Krishna's feet. Krishna the blue skinned god is wearing a peacock crown with a silver necklace and amulets (executed in tin alloy) similar to Radha's.
Dimensions
  • Height: 461mm (maximum)
  • Width: 280mm (maximum)
31/07/13 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Radha seated on the ground in front of a tree at Krishna's feet. Krishna the blue skinned god is wearing a peacock crown with a silver necklace and amulets similar to Radha's.
Style
Kalighat
Marks and inscriptions
Krishna, Radha
Gallery label
RADHA KNEELS AT KRISHNA’S FEET Watercolour on paper, with tin details Kalighat, Kolkata 1850-60 D.661-1889 Cheap devotional paintings like this were produced in large quantities for visitors to the temple of the goddess Kali at Kalighat. They were painted on thin paper in watercolours, sometimes with using metallic paint for the jewellery, as in this example. Few early Kalighat paintings have survived. This one, acquired in 1889, is among the first to have entered the V&A’s collections.(27/9/2013)
Object history
The painting was originally acquired from G. Wild, by the Department of Prints and Drawings in 1889.

RP 51/2237
Subjects depicted
Hinduism
Deity
Radha
Krishna
Bibliographic references
  • Sinha, Suhashini, and Panda, C, eds. Kalighat Paintings from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2012. ISBN 1851776656. p. 55 and p.15 fig:1.3
  • Kalighat paintings : a catalogue and introduction / by W.G. Archer. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1971 Number: 0112900291 : Pl. no. 7, cat. no. 4,x: p. 48.
  • Archer, W.G., Bazaar Paintings of Calcutta, Victoria & Albert Museum, H.M.S.O., 1955 p. 18, no. 9, p. 21 p. 37, pl. 9
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
D.661-1889

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Record createdDecember 18, 2002
Record URL
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