Krishna Under a Canopy

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Krishna Under a Canopy

Date
c. 1680
Medium
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Culture
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Raghogarh
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
314490

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This tranquil, languid scene on a white marble, carpeted terrace depicts the god Krishna in the place of an earthly prince. A female attendant at the left fans him, while he and another lady each hold a rose. The open doorway in the background with the rolled-up curtain above suggests the intimacy of an imminent encounter inside. Krishna holds a scepter, or mace, which is one of the weapons of the god Vishnu, of whom he is an incarnation.

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Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Provenance
September 19, 2008: (Sotheby's, New York, NY, September 19, 2008, lot 244, sold to Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer) | 2008-2018: Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2018-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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