Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, from a Bhagavata Purana

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Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, from a Bhagavata Purana

Date
1686
Medium
Gum tempera on paper
Culture
Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
314439

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After Krishna convinced the dwellers of the cowherd village in Braj to not give the annual offering to Indra, king of the gods, an enraged Indra flooded the village with heavy rainfall. Krishna, shown with four arms, lifted nearby Mount Govardhan, and the villagers took shelter underneath. The painting depicts a heavy torrent of rain, and in the upper left, Indra sits enthroned with two attendants and his white elephant mount. The “hundred-eyed” Indra wears the garments of a Mughal emperor, with his tunic tied under the right arm.

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Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Provenance
?-2018: Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2018-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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