id: 170893 accession number: 2013.352 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.352 updated: 2022-09-10 11:53:00.003000 Radha and Krishna meet in the forest during a storm, c. 1770. India, Bengal, Mughal, 18th century. Opaque watercolor with gold on paper, yellow borders with gold flower heads; page: 26.1 x 37.4 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.352 title: Radha and Krishna meet in the forest during a storm title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1770 creation date earliest: 1765 creation date latest: 1775 current location: creditline: Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection copyright: --- culture: India, Bengal, Mughal, 18th century technique: opaque watercolor with gold on paper, yellow borders with gold flower heads department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art - Mughal type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Page: 26.1 x 37.4 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art and Stories from Mughal India opening date: 2016-07-31T04:00:00 Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * "Indian Miniature Paintings in West Coast Private Collections," Society for Asian Art, De Young Museum, San Francisco (1964)
"Vishnu: Hinduism's Blue-Skinned Savior," Frist Center, Nashville; Brooklyn Museum (2011)
The Cleveland Museum of Art (07/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 95, p. 273. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The belly of the white cow has been colored orange with henna. digital description: wall description: This painting depicts the Hindu deity Krishna as a youth among the villagers of the cowherding community where he grew up. Drawn to him, the women hurry to hold a coverlet over him in protection from the rain, not realizing that he is able to lift a mountain to shield them all. Birds and monkeys populate the trees, and a Hindu temple and palace buildings stand in the background. This vibrant work was probably made for an aristocratic Hindu ruler of territories in eastern India during the period when Mughal artists dispersed from the imperial center after the invasion of Delhi in 1739. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.352/2013.352_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.352/2013.352_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.352/2013.352_full.tif