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Krishna and Radha

Painting
ca. 1780 - ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Garhwal (made)

Painting, watercolour on paper, depicting Krishna watching Radha bathing, an illustration to a Bihari Sat Sai series.


Object details

Categories
Images Online
Paintings
Hinduism
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
SCRAN
Object type
Painting
TitleKrishna and Radha (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Water-Colour
Paper
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Painting, Krishna watching Radha bathing, watercolour on paper, Garhwal, ca. 1780-1790
Physical description
Painting, watercolour on paper, depicting Krishna watching Radha bathing, an illustration to a Bihari Sat Sai series.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 207mm
  • Page width: 154mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 192mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 140mm (maximum)
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project; object irregular in shape.
Content description
Krishna watching Radha bathing.
Credit line
Purchased from Dr A K Coomaraswamy, 39, Brookfield, West Hill, Highgate, N
Object history
Illustration to a Bihari Sat Sai series.
Acquired from Dr. Cooraswamy.
Production
Garhwal
Subjects depicted
Figures (Representations)
Water
Trees
Bathing
Krishna
Radha
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. 113, cat. no. 6
  • Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4 cat. no. 56
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.158-1914

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Record createdJanuary 13, 2003
Record URL
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