
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Krishna and Balarama underneath a Tree
India (Calcutta)
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Watercolor on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Vishu's avatar, the blue-skinned Krishna, plays the flute next to his brother, Balarama. The couple stand underneath a tree and are almost mirror images of one another. India, Asia
The authoritative record is held by Minneapolis Institute of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Minneapolis Institute of Art and other institutions.

Krishna and Balarama touching the feet of Vasudeva and Devaki, from the “Vertical” Bhagavata Purana
Cleveland Museum of Art

Krishna Fluting
Cleveland Museum of Art

Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Milkmaids and Expounds on the Virtue of Trees, from a Braj Bhagavata Purana
Cleveland Museum of Art

Krishna and Consort on a Palace Balcony with Musicians: Vukharo Ragaputra of Bhairav, from the “Boston Ragamala”
Cleveland Museum of Art

Krishna summoning the cows
Cleveland Museum of Art

Krishna Stealing Curds
Cleveland Museum of Art

Balarama and Krishna
Cleveland Museum of Art
Krishna Fluting for the Gopis
Art Institute of Chicago

Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), from a Kalighat album
Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaf from a Kalighat album: Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis) (recto); Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Garuda Carrying Balarama and Krishna (verso), from a Kalighat album
Cleveland Museum of Art

Krishna Under a Canopy
Cleveland Museum of Art