Garuda Carrying Balarama and Krishna (verso), from a Kalighat album (c. 1890): Art, History and Details

Garuda Carrying Balarama and Krishna (verso), from a Kalighat album (c. 1890) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Garuda, Vishnu’s vehicle, depicted here kneeling with the body of a man and head of an eagle, is shown carrying Balarama on his right shoulder and his younger brother Krishna on his left.

Object facts

• Title: Garuda Carrying Balarama and Krishna (verso), from a Kalighat album
• Date: c. 1890
• Culture: Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat
• Type: Painting
• Technique: Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper
• Dimensions: Painting: 45.2 x 27.8 cm (17 13/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 2003.134.b

Collection credit

Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward

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