Cleveland Museum of Art
Balarama and Krishna
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- Gum tempera, graphite, and ink on paper
- Culture
- Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 162531
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Here a divine sibling pair, Balarama and Krishna, are portrayed as mirror images of one another.
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- Credit line
- Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
- Provenance
- ?-2003: William E. Ward [1922-2004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2003-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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