id: 116901 accession number: 1937.454 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.454 updated: Pichvai of Shri Nathji, 1825–50. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Nathdwara. Gum tempera, silver, and gold on cotton; overall: 257 x 169.5 cm (101 3/16 x 66 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1937.454 title: Pichvai of Shri Nathji title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1825–50 creation date earliest: 1825 creation date latest: 1850 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Nathdwara technique: Gum tempera, silver, and gold on cotton department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 257 x 169.5 cm (101 3/16 x 66 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: For Modern America from the Ancient Near East opening date: 1948-02-24T05:00:00 For Modern America from the Ancient Near East. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-March 21, 1948). title: Krishna and the Path of Grace – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation opening date: 2020-08-14T04:00:00 Krishna and the Path of Grace – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 14, 2020-March 7, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1937 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1937- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Painted-cloth devotional wall hangings (pichvai) form the backdrop to the worship of Krishna as Shri Nathji. As a result of long-term exposure, these textiles are usually faded and worn.

The icon of Krishna as Shri Nathji is the central figure. On either side of him, milkmaids with arms entwined join him in a state of ecstasy. Experiencing the bliss of divine play (lila) with Krishna is the main religious goal for followers of the Pushti Marg sect of Hinduism to which this work belongs. Episodes from the life of Krishna and a border of adoring cows frame the central scene. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 311 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n331 Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. page number: cat. no. 93 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.454/1937.454_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.454/1937.454_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.454/1937.454_full.tif