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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1700s creation date earliest: 1775 creation date latest: 1799 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati technique: gum tempera and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 27.7 x 19.3 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation) opening date: 2021-09-01T04:00:00 Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 1, 2021-February 6, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 13, 2003–February 18, 2004). --- PROVENANCE (J.J. Klejman [1906–1995], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1966 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1966– footnotes: citations: --- 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.

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 --- 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: --- CITATIONS 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. 101i url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.28/1966.28_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.28/1966.28_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.28/1966.28_full.tif