Yashoda, Nanda and baby Krishna
Drawing
ca. 1870 (made)
ca. 1870 (made)
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Drawing, ink and watercolour on paper, Yashoda and Nanda playing with the baby Krishna, Yashoda teases Krishna with a flower stalk.
Object details
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| Title | Yashoda, Nanda and baby Krishna (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Drawn and painted in ink and watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, Yasoda and Nanda playing with Krishna, probably by Mangnu, ink and watercolour on paper, Chamba, ca. 1870 |
| Physical description | Drawing, ink and watercolour on paper, Yashoda and Nanda playing with the baby Krishna, Yashoda teases Krishna with a flower stalk. |
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| Content description | Yashoda and Nanda playing with the baby Krishna, Yashoda teases Krishna with a flower stalk. |
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| Object history | IS. 90 to 128-1954 were purchased for £150, from Maggs Bros. Originally obtained by Jagdish Mittal of Hyderabad in Chamba in 1952, from the family collection of Hira Lal of Chamba whose father's elder brother was the artist Mangnu. |
| Historical context | Pahari painting is a style of miniature painting of the Rajput courts in what is now Himachal Pradesh. Chamba, an important centre of Pahari painting, is situated in the Ravi Valley in the heart of the Himalaya mountains. |
| Production | Attributed to Mangnu |
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| Accession number | IS.108-1954 |
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| Record created | October 21, 2002 |
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