id:			142535
accession number:	1966.28
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.28
updated:		2023-03-10 19:43:03.824000

Krishna Stealing Curds, late 1700s. Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 27.7 x 19.3 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1966.28

title:				Krishna Stealing Curds
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creation date:			late 1700s
creation date earliest:		1775
creation date latest:		1799
current location:		
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati
technique:	gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 27.7 x 19.3 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation)
	opening date:   2021-09-01T04:00:00
	<i>Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 1, 2021-February 6, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 13, 2003–February 18, 2004).

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PROVENANCE

	(J.J. Klejman [1906–1995], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1966
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1966–
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fun fact:
Krishna’s brother Balarama holds a snake, since he is an incarnation of Vishnu’s cosmic serpent.

digital description:
As a toddler growing up in a rural cowherding community, Krishna loved to eat the dairy products his parents attempted to keep out of his reach. With bold rounded contours and modeling, the blue-skinned Krishna totters precariously on a ladder, while his irate foster mother brandishes a stick at him.

wall description:
As a toddler growing up in a rural cowherd community, Krishna loved to eat the dairy products his parents attempted to keep out of his reach. With bold rounded contours and modeling, the blue-skinned Krishna totters precariously on a ladder, while his irate foster mother brandishes a stick at him.<br> <br>Krishna’s older brother Balarama stands behind him holding a snake, referring to his being the incarnation of the serpent on which Vishnu reclines and sleeps on the primordial Ocean of Milk
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		142546
	Krishna Vanquishing the Crane-Demon Bakasura, late 1700s. Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 27.8 x 19.7 cm (10 15/16 x 7 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1966.29
	relationship: 	

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CITATIONS

	Leach, Linda York. <em>Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
	page number: 	cat. no. 101i
	url:		

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IMAGES

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