Radha and Krishna (verso), from a Kalighat album (c. 1890): Art, History and Details
Radha and Krishna (verso), from a Kalighat album at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1890, Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Radha 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:
Radha, Krishna’s consort and foremost of the cowgirls (gopis), is depicted here with Krishna, seated on a divan. Popular stories of their romance evoke longing in separation, jealousy, and secret trysts. This image portrays their mutually passionate relationship.
Object facts
- Title: Radha 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: Secondary Support: 47.7 x 29.7 cm (18 3/4 x 11 11/16 in.); Painting only: 45.6 x 27.7 cm (17 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
- Collection: Indian Art
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession number: 2003.156.b
Collection credit
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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