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Krishna Fluting in the Forest
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In the center of this painting, Krishna, the eighth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu who is worshipped as a deity in his own right, stands on the bank of a river filled with water lilies. Fluting, he faces leftward toward the sun, surrounded by trees and flowers. The painting may represent verses in the Bhagavat Purana, when Krishna summons the gopis (milkmaids). Rajput style, Jaipur school.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Stuart Cary Welch Jr. Collection New Hampshire (by 1965-2011) sold; through [Sotheby’s London 5/31/2011 lot 48]; to Harvard Art Museums 2011.
Notes:
This painting came to Harvard Art Museums on 1 April 1969 as temporary loan TL17444.118 and in 1983 was designated as long term loan 462.1983.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Richard Norton Memorial Fund in honor of Peter F. Soriano in appreciation for his leadership as Chair of the Harvard Art Museums’ Collections Committee from 2005 to 2011
Title: Krishna Fluting in the Forest
Description:
In the center of this painting, Krishna, the eighth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu who is worshipped as a deity in his own right, stands on the bank of a river filled with water lilies.
Fluting, he faces leftward toward the sun, surrounded by trees and flowers.
The painting may represent verses in the Bhagavat Purana, when Krishna summons the gopis (milkmaids).
Rajput style, Jaipur school.
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