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Krishna and the Cowherds, Radha and the Gopis
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The painting can be divided into three vignettes. In the top right is Krishna, the eighth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu who is worshipped as a deity in his own right, amongst his fellow cowherds and their cows. In the bottom right, is Radha, Krishna’s consort holding up a lotus blossom. The lotus is an attribute of both Krishna and Vishnu. She is with her fellow gopis (milkmaids). On the left is a village scene, which is dominated by a female figure spinning yarn and facing an elderly woman with a baby. Pahari Style.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of John Kenneth Galbraith
Title: Krishna and the Cowherds, Radha and the Gopis
Description:
The painting can be divided into three vignettes.
In the top right is Krishna, the eighth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu who is worshipped as a deity in his own right, amongst his fellow cowherds and their cows.
In the bottom right, is Radha, Krishna’s consort holding up a lotus blossom.
The lotus is an attribute of both Krishna and Vishnu.
She is with her fellow gopis (milkmaids).
On the left is a village scene, which is dominated by a female figure spinning yarn and facing an elderly woman with a baby.
Pahari Style.
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