Krishna
Scroll
ca. 1870 (made)
ca. 1870 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Scroll painting, gouache on paper, scenes from the life of Krishna. The scenes depicted are: the gopis imploring Krishna to return their clothes, Krishna milking and stealing butter, Yasoda nursing Krishna, Krishna with a cowherd, Krishna quelling Kaliya, Rama holding court, Vishnu as Kurma, Matsya and Narasimha, Vishnu as Parasuma, Ramachandra and Balarama, Jam Raja (Yama) with attendant scribes and demons, and women enduring the torment of the damned.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Krishna (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in gouache on paper |
| Brief description | Scroll painting, scenes from the life of Krishna, by an artist of the Patua caste, gouache on paper, West Bengal, ca. 1870 |
| Physical description | Scroll painting, gouache on paper, scenes from the life of Krishna. The scenes depicted are: the gopis imploring Krishna to return their clothes, Krishna milking and stealing butter, Yasoda nursing Krishna, Krishna with a cowherd, Krishna quelling Kaliya, Rama holding court, Vishnu as Kurma, Matsya and Narasimha, Vishnu as Parasuma, Ramachandra and Balarama, Jam Raja (Yama) with attendant scribes and demons, and women enduring the torment of the damned. |
| Content description | Gopis imploring Krishna to return their clothes, Krishna milking and stealing butter, Yasoda nursing Krishna, Krishna with a cowherd, Krishna quelling Kaliya, Rama holding court, Vishnu as Kurma, Matsya and Narasimha, Vishnu as Parasuma, Ramachandra and Balarama, Jam Raja (Yama) with attendant scribes and demons, and women enduring the torment of the damned. |
| Credit line | Purchased with Art Fund support |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Sinha, Suhashini, and Panda, C, eds. Kalighat Paintings from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2012. ISBN 1851776656.
p. 53 (detail) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.108-1955 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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