Cleveland Museum of Art
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
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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