
Cleveland Museum of Art
Krishna and Radha Quarreling: Shatha Nayaka, from a Rasikapriya
- Date
- c. 1680
- Medium
- Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 314463
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
When Krishna returns home at dawn, having spent the night elsewhere, an infuriated Radha inquires about his whereabouts and accuses him of infidelity. Krishna, realizing the intensity of the situation, tries to assuage her with sweet words and compares her red eyes to lotus petals. The rising sun behind the thick foliage is suggestive of early dawn. Krishna wears a transparent white muslin jama , a popular article of Mughal fashion since the time of Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605–27).
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- Credit line
- Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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