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accession number:	1965.249
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.249
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:13.501000

The Approach of Krishna.  Page from a Rasamanjari, c. 1660–70. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari kingdom of Basohli. Gum tempera, ink, silver, gold, and beetle wings on paper; image: 17.5 x 26 cm (6 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.); overall: 23.4 x 32.4 cm (9 3/16 x 12 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1965.249

title:				The Approach of Krishna.  Page from a Rasamanjari
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creation date:			c. 1660–70
creation date earliest:		1655
creation date latest:		1675
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari kingdom of Basohli
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, silver, gold, and beetle wings on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 17.5 x 26 cm (6 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.); Overall: 23.4 x 32.4 cm (9 3/16 x 12 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	"Friend give up your waywardness of mind.  O dear friend do not torture me with your shyness.  For a moment, the lord Kama forgive me, be steadfast in your gaze.  May the handsome Krishna wearing peacock feathers on his head, putting lotus in his ears and holding the flute on his hand reveal himself to me now." (translated by Moti Chandra and Anand Krishna)"

Inscriptions: (on left border) number 135; (above) sakshat darshana -"Seeing the lover face to face"; (reverse) Sanskrit text - see W. G. Archer, 1973, 1: 39.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1965
	opening date:   1965-10-27T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1965</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Stella Kramrisch
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	Stella Kramrisch
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Spink, Walter M. <em>Krishnamandala. </em>Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan, 1971.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 77, fig. 86; Mentioned: p. 122.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 307
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n327

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