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Krishna Exacts a Toll from the Milkmaids: Dana-Lila, from a Bhagavata Purana
- Date
- c. 1600
- Medium
- gum tempera and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Krishna can be seen here teasing the girls who bring pots of milk and yogurt to the Brahmin priests. Thinking it a waste of time to feed the Brahmins, Krishna waylays them, pretending to be the owner of the land where they are walking. He threatens to topple their pots if they don’t pay him a toll. An exasperated cow herder follows. A red quadrangle offsets the blue-skinned god Krishna.
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