Radha and Krishna
Painting
ca. 1790 - ca. 1800 (made)
ca. 1790 - ca. 1800 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Radha and Krishna sitting together and embracing, in the same room is a seated confidante. Outside, to the right, are two cowherds standing in a courtyard. Painting from a Rasa Panchadhyayi series, No 39 in the same illustrated Gita Gobinda mSS. as IS.58-1952.
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Title | Radha and Krishna (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
Brief description | Painting, Radha and Krishna embracing, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu, ca. 1790-1800 |
Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Radha and Krishna sitting together and embracing, in the same room is a seated confidante. Outside, to the right, are two cowherds standing in a courtyard. Painting from a Rasa Panchadhyayi series, No 39 in the same illustrated Gita Gobinda mSS. as IS.58-1952. |
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Content description | Radha and Krishna sitting together and embracing, in the same room is a seated confidante. Outside, to the right, are two cowherds standing in a courtyard. |
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Bibliographic reference | 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. 340, cat. no. 40 v. |
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Accession number | IS.63-1952 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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