Cleveland Museum of Art
Krishna and the Gopis Gather for Rasamandala
- Date
- c. 1720–30
- Medium
- Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 136468
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
On the banks of a river full of lotus flowers, the blue god Krishna address the gopi s, women of the cowherding community where he spent his youth. At first, they approach him, smiling and delighted, proclaiming that he is the god of love, shining like the full moon above. When he tells them that he is soon leaving them, they fall to the ground, distraught. Although the figures of the gopis are painted individually, with varied skin colors and garments, they act collectively.
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- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Provenance
- ?–1960: (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1960–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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