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Krishna

Painting
ca. 1785 (made)
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque water-colour and gold on paper, Krishna sits on the ground in a grove of trees, surrounded by six cow-girls with three cowherd-boys. In the foreground is a segment of grey water with lotuses.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleKrishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque water-colour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, Bhagavata Purana, Krishna and cow-girls, opaque watercolour on paper, Jammu, ca. 1785
Physical description
Painting, in opaque water-colour and gold on paper, Krishna sits on the ground in a grove of trees, surrounded by six cow-girls with three cowherd-boys. In the foreground is a segment of grey water with lotuses.
Dimensions
  • Length: 270mm
  • Width: 368mm
  • With border length: 302mm
  • With border width: 405mm
dimensions verified 19/06/2013 as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Krishna sits on the ground in a grove of trees, surrounded by six cow-girls with three cowherd-boys. In the foreground is a segment of grey water with lotuses.
Style
Subjects depicted
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. 211, cat. no. 69.
  • Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4 cat. no. 57
Collection
Accession number
IS.5-1960

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Record createdJanuary 7, 2003
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