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Krishna Under a Canopy
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About this work
This tranquil, languid scene on a white marble, carpeted terrace depicts the god Krishna in the place of an earthly prince. A female attendant at the left fans him, while he and another lady each hold a rose. The open doorway in the background with the rolled-up curtain above suggests the intimacy of an imminent encounter inside.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineKrishna Under a Canopy, c. 1680. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Raghogarh. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 26.7 x 17.8 cm (10 1/2 x 7 in.); miniature: 22.9 x 14 cm (9 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.184
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