Krishna and the Cowherds Dive into the River, from a Rasikapriya

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Krishna and the Cowherds Dive into the River, from a Rasikapriya

Date
c. 1640
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Culture
Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
314425

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Krishna and seven cowherds ( gopa s) playfully jump into a river, depicted as a wavy tricolor band that divides the composition diagonally in half. Krishna and four others are already airborne, while three get ready to jump. Radha and her friends witness this feat in amusement from a marble platform. The milkmaids are fully dressed, while Krishna and the cowherds are wearing kaupina loincloths. The boys are shown in subtly different sizes to convey their movement through space.

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Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Provenance
1978–2018: 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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