Janmastami celebrating the birth of Krishna

The folio depicts the blue-skinned Hindu god Krishna’s subjugation of the Serpent King Kaliya in the waters of the river Yamuna. The artist depicts Krishna three times to illustrat...

This painting depicts the episode of Jambavan, king of the bears, offering his daughter, Jambavati, to Krishna for marriage. The illustration can be divided into three vignettes. S...

Seated on a bench is Yashoda with the infant Krishna on her lap. Yashoda is the foster mother of Krishna, who is the eighth avatar of Vishnu and venerated as a deity in his own rig...

The painting depicts the blue-skinned Hindu god Krishna multiple times in the act of stealing butter. Krishna’s childhood mischiefs are popular tales from the tenth book of the Bha...

In this painting, swirling waters of the Yamuna River serve as a playground for the dark-skinned Hindu god Krishna and a group of gopis (female cowherds). He is shown teasing the g...

On the recto side of this folio is a painting featuring Hindu god Krishna and his consort Radha on a palatial terrace. On the verso side of this folio are four lines of Hindi writt...

The painting depicts Maharao Durjan Sal of Kota (r. 1723-1756) plaiting Krishna’s hair. The Maharao is distinguished by his double-pearl earring, elaborate dress and jewelry, and h...

Seated under an awning outside of a sumptuous bedchamber, the blue-skinned Krishna and his consort, Radha, hold one another close. The lightning that snakes across the dark sky abo...