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Krishna

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

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Krishna, shown with blue skin, is shown playing hockey against a blue ground with a group of five youths, presumably his friends the cowherds of Brindaban.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleKrishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Krishna playing hockey with cowherds, opaque watercolour on paper, Bundi, ca. 1850
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Krishna, shown with blue skin, is shown playing hockey against a blue ground with a group of five youths, presumably his friends the cowherds of Brindaban.
Dimensions
  • Height: 153mm (maximum)
  • Width: 166mm (maximum)
29/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Krishna, shown with blue skin, is shown playing hockey against a blue ground with a group of five youths, presumably his friends the cowherds of Brindaban.
Style
Credit line
Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha.
Object history
From the Gayer-Anderson Collection.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Archer, W.G. Indian Painting in Bundi and Kotah Cat. no 20, p. 13
Collection
Accession number
IS.243-1952

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Record createdJune 27, 2003
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