Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Radha and Krishna carried on Garuda's shoulders, Garuda is green with a parrot-like head and snake wrapped around his waist. Krishna wears yellow, Radha orange with an ochre-coloured shawl with gold borders.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Radha and Krishna on Garuda's shoulders, opaque watercolour on paper, Kangra, ca. 1840
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Radha and Krishna carried on Garuda's shoulders, Garuda is green with a parrot-like head and snake wrapped around his waist. Krishna wears yellow, Radha orange with an ochre-coloured shawl with gold borders.
Dimensions
  • Height: 218mm (maximum)
  • Width: 137mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 192mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 113mm
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Radha and Krishna carried on Garuda's shoulders, Garuda is green with a parrot-like head and snake wrapped around his waist. Krishna wears yellow, Radha orange with an ochre-coloured shawl with gold borders.
Style
Object history
From the Sir William Rothenstein collection (residuary).
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.56-1954

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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