
Cleveland Museum of Art
Kamsa deploys Akrura and Keshi to Braj, from a Bhagavata Purana
- Date
- c. 1830
- Medium
- Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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