id: 162451 accession number: 2003.114 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.114 updated: 2022-05-20 09:00:42.847000 Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis) (recto); Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), c. 1890. Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat. Watercolor, graphite, ink, and tin on paper; secondary support: 48.5 x 29.9 cm (19 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.114 title: Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis) (recto); Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1890 creation date earliest: 1875 creation date latest: 1905 current location: creditline: Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward copyright: --- culture: Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat technique: Watercolor, graphite, ink, and tin on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Secondary Support: 48.5 x 29.9 cm (19 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Indian Kalighat Paintings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 1-September 18, 2011). (2003.114.a only) --- PROVENANCE William E. Ward [1922–2004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–2003 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2003– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: In the image on the recto taken from both popular accounts and the Bhagavata Purana, Krishna has stolen the clothes of cowgirls (gopis) who are bathing in the Yamuna River, a tributary of the Ganges River. He refuses to return their clothes, the purple saris seen hanging high in the tree, until they come out and bow to him with folded palms. Krishna, a cowherder, is holding a flute, which he uses to lure them away. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.114/2003.114_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.114/2003.114_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.114/2003.114_full.tif