Krishna sporting with the gopis in the Jumna River, from a Bhagavata Purana

Cleveland Museum of Art

Krishna sporting with the gopis in the Jumna River, from a Bhagavata Purana

Date
c. 1525–40
Medium
Gum tempera and ink on paper
Culture
Northern India
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
145966

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Abstract concentric circles depict water churned up by the gopis , or cowherd women, who are swimming and playing with joy and abandon. In their midst, the blue-skinned Krishna reaches for a gopi’s breast. Their love play is celebrated by celestial beings in the sky who offer flower garlands and beat on a drum. Every figure’s face is shown in profile—a hallmark of Indian painting of the early 1500s perpetuated by artists wishing to emphasize Indian rather than Persian depictions of the human form. This page is from one of the earliest surviving illustrated Hindu manuscripts on the life of Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu.

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Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin N. Haas
Provenance
Sandor L. Feldman, Washington, DC | ?–1971: Mr. and Mrs. Alvin N. Haas, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1971–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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