id: 164455 accession number: 2005.76 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.76 updated: 2022-02-09 20:58:46.050000 Krishna with Cow 2, mid-1900s. Jamini Roy (Indian, 1887-1972). Tempera on board; overall: 31.4 x 43.3 cm (12 3/8 x 17 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Pamela Elizabeth Ward in loving memory of her parents, William E. and Evelyn Svec Ward 2005.76 title: Krishna with Cow 2 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: mid-1900s creation date earliest: 1907 creation date latest: 1972 current location: creditline: Gift of Pamela Elizabeth Ward in loving memory of her parents, William E. and Evelyn Svec Ward copyright: --- culture: Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat technique: Tempera on board department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Jamini Roy (Indian, 1887-1972) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 31.4 x 43.3 cm (12 3/8 x 17 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: The artist signed his name in Bengali script in the lower right. translation: remark: --- 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 --- PROVENANCE William E. Ward [1922-2004] and Ellen Svec Ward [1921-1989], Solon, OH, to their daughter Pamela Elizabeth Ward date: ?-2004 footnotes: citations: Pamela Elizabeth Ward given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 2004-2005 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2005- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The artist signed his name in Bengali script in the lower right. digital description: Inspired by the bold style of Kalighat paintings, Jamini Roy created paintings using indigenous materials, often with multiple versions of the same subject. Here the infant Krishna crawls with a butter ball in one hand. The cow, flowers, and leaves set the rural bucolic environment of his youth. wall description: Inspired by the bold style of Kalighat paintings, Jamini Roy created paintings using natural pigments and materials derived from the local environment, often with multiple versions of the same subject. Here, the infant Krishna crawls with a ball of butter in one hand. Lovingly ornamented with jewelry and painted motifs, the cow looks forward with wide eyes, as though fully absorbing the vision of the divine baby and encouraging the viewer to identify with her and feel how it was to live with Krishna. Flowers and leaves dot the background—the rural environment of his youth—and they seem to fall gently from heaven, implying the favor of the gods. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES