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Krishna with Bakasura
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Krishna with Bakasura

anonymous · 1710 - 1730 · brush; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Against a brown background, a scene is painted of Krishna in a landscape of trees and flowering shrubs with a village to the right; Krishna has opened the beak of the crane-demon Bakasura, with some eaten figures visible in the bird's esophagus; a second crane in the foreground by a pond is swallowing a figure with a yellow loincloth, while to the right a second tries to attack the bird with a raised stick; to the left, another crane with the legs of a swallowed figure in its beak; Krishna is accompanied by four servants and four differently colored goats look on peacefully; in front of a bush, a presumably rescued figure from the beak of the bird attacked by Krishna is recovering from his perilous adventure. Around the image, a few brightly colored narrow borders in yellow and red with black frame lines, the red filled with white.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineKrishna met Bakasura. 1710 - 1730. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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