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Radha and Krishna in Discussion (An Illustration from Gita Govinda) - Basohli Painting Circa 1730
Medium: Gouache on paper
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Krishna and Radha Engaged in an Amorous Embrace - Miniature Painting, Guler, Circa 1810
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Krishna and the Gopis Bathing in the River Yamuna, Illustration from a Harivamsa series, attributable to Purkhu - Kangra Painting, circa 1800-15
This large and captivating painting of Krishna cavorting with the gopis in the Yamuna river is an illustration from the Harivamsa and can be associated with a dispersed series attributed by Goswamy and Fischer to Purkhu of Kangra. The Harivamsa, or genealogy of Hari, is a collection of stories mostly concerning the life of Krishna and is regarded as related to, and perhaps an appended part of, the Mahabharata.
Purkhu of Kangra (active circa 1780-1820) was the leading artist at the court of Raja Sansar Chand (r.1775-1823). He painted a number of large court scenes of the Kangra rulers and princes as well as several large-scale series illustrating various Hindu texts such as the Shiva Purana, the Rasikapriya, the Gita Govinda and the Harivamsa. Purkhu seems happiest when working in a large format and the series of manuscript illustrations attributed to him are among the largest in scale of the Pahari miniatures.
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Krishna and Radha making love in a leafy bower on the banks of the Yamuna - Kangra or Guler Painting, C. 1780
The illustration depicts Krishna and Radha making love in a leafy bower on the banks of the Yamuna with papihas or weaver-birds cooing on the branches of a flowering tree beside them and cranes ambling gracefully on the emerald grass adjoining the silvery water in the distance.
The inscription on the verso, from the twelfth canto of the poem, describes the passionate union between the couple as they lie on a bed of tender leaves, their hips conjoined. Krishna smothers his beloved Radha's face with his ardent kisses and she in turn returns his kisses with equal passion.
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Infant Krishna Sitting on Yasoda's Lap with a Female attendant - Lithograph Print, Ravi Varma Press, 1895
Credit: Wellcome Library, London
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