id: 136468 accession number: 1960.45 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.45 updated: 2025-06-14 14:10:40.286000 Krishna and the Gopis Gather for Rasamandala, c. 1720–30. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 41.5 x 28.5 cm (16 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.); overall: 50 x 32.5 cm (19 11/16 x 12 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1960.45 title: Krishna and the Gopis Gather for Rasamandala title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1720–30 creation date earliest: 1715 creation date latest: 1735 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota technique: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Image: 41.5 x 28.5 cm (16 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Overall: 50 x 32.5 cm (19 11/16 x 12 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Inscription at top in Sanskrit (damaged): "Moved by the coming of the Lord, the gopis went up to him and were overcome by the sight of Krishna, who was shining with moonlike splendor; then the Lord, who was a (love) thief, wearing yellow garments, smiled slightly with his lotuslike mouth. Radha said to her sakhi, 'He is certainly the God of Love.'" At the bottom in Hindi: "On the banks of the Jumna, the gopis are expressing their grief and sorrow as Krishna tells them he is leaving them."1 (Translation by J. Losty; although the Sanskrit verse is clearly from a Krishna text like the Gita Govinda, the source has not been identified.) translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty opening date: 1960-11-30T05:00:00 Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961). title: Rajput Painting opening date: 1960-11-30T05:00:00 Rajput Painting. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 22, 1961). title: Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music opening date: 1996-09-24T04:00:00 Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996). title: Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior opening date: 2025-02-14T05:00:00 Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 14-June 8, 2025). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1960 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1960– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review 1960." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 47, no. 10 (December 1960): 223-54. page number: Mentioned: P. 252, no. 45 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142422 Lee, Sherman E. and George Montgomery. Rajput Painting; with an introductory essay and catalogue notes. New York: Asia House, 1960. page number: Reproduced: pp. 36–37; plate 28 url: Heeramaneck, Alice N. Masterpieces of Indian Painting: From the Former Collections of Nasli M. Heeramaneck. Verona, Italy: A.N. Heeramaneck, 1984. page number: Mentioned: p. 26; reproduced: p. 73, pl. 67 url: Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 191-193, cat. no. 74 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.45/1960.45_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.45/1960.45_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.45/1960.45_full.tif