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Krishna, Radha, and the Gopis Meet a Young Prince
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Within a large red circle with a yellow border is Krishna, the blue-skinned, eighth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu who is revered as a deity in his own right. He is crowned and bare-chested. His right arm is over his consort, Radha’s, shoulder. Behind them is a group of gopis (milkmaids). They all face a young prince, his royal status denoted by the large fan he carries. Below them are two female musicians one plays the symbols, while the other plays the mridagam, a type of drum. Rajput Style, Mewar School.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1969) sold; to Harvard University Art Museums 1995.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift in gratitude to John Coolidge Gift of Leslie Cheek Jr. Anonymous Fund in memory of Henry Berg Louise Haskell Daly Alpheus Hyatt Richard Norton Memorial Funds and through the generosity of Albert H. Gordon and Emily Rauh Pulitzer; formerly in the collection of Stuart Cary Welch Jr.
Title: Krishna, Radha, and the Gopis Meet a Young Prince
Description:
Within a large red circle with a yellow border is Krishna, the blue-skinned, eighth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu who is revered as a deity in his own right.
He is crowned and bare-chested.
His right arm is over his consort, Radha’s, shoulder.
Behind them is a group of gopis (milkmaids).
They all face a young prince, his royal status denoted by the large fan he carries.
Below them are two female musicians one plays the symbols, while the other plays the mridagam, a type of drum.
Rajput Style, Mewar School.
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