Krishna Stealing Curds
late 1700s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Krishna Stealing Curds, late 1700s. Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 27.7 x 19.3 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1966.28 As a toddler growing up in a rural cowherding community, Krishna loved to eat the dairy products his parents attempted to keep out of his reach. With bold rounded contours and modeling, the blue-skinned Krishna totters precariously on a ladder, while his irate foster mother brandishes a stick at him. Krishna’s brother Balarama holds a snake, since he is an incarnation of Vishnu’s cosmic serpent.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- gum tempera and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 27.7 x 19.3 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1966.28
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation), <em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 13, 2003–February 18, 2004).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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