Krishna Playing with the Gopis in the Yamuna

c. 1770

Maker Unknown

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Krishna Playing with the Gopis in the Yamuna, c. 1770. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Nurpur. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 24.8 x 17.8 cm (9 3/4 x 7 in.); image: 23.5 x 16.6 cm (9 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.118 Krishna playfully splashes one of the women who turns her face away.

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Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: gum tempera and gold on paper
Medium: gum, tempera, gold, paper
Dimensions: Page: 24.8 x 17.8 cm (9 3/4 x 7 in.); Image: 23.5 x 16.6 cm (9 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: 13 Translation: 13 Remark: Number 13 written with pen and again with pencil. It was previously read as number 15
Departments: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession Number: 2018.118
Credit Line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Exhibitions: Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation)
Rights Statement: CC0