id: 314439 accession number: 2018.134 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.134 updated: 2023-03-22 03:05:18.437000 Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, from a Bhagavata Purana, 1686. Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa. Gum tempera on paper; page: 19.4 x 27.6 cm (7 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.134 title: Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, from a Bhagavata Purana title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1686 creation date earliest: 1686 creation date latest: 1686 current location: creditline: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa technique: Gum tempera on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Page: 19.4 x 27.6 cm (7 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Krishna and the Path of Grace – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation opening date: 2020-08-14T04:00:00 Krishna and the Path of Grace – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 14, 2020-March 7, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-2018 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2018- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The “hundred-eyed” Indra wears the garments of a Mughal emperor, with his tunic tied under the right arm. digital description: After Krishna convinced the dwellers of the cowherd village in Braj to not give the annual offering to Indra, king of the gods, an enraged Indra flooded the village with heavy rainfall. Krishna, shown with four arms, lifted nearby Mount Govardhan, and the villagers took shelter underneath. The painting depicts a heavy torrent of rain, and in the upper left, Indra sits enthroned with two attendants and his white elephant mount. wall description: The miracle of Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan dominates this manuscript page. Rain falls from violent storm clouds, and Krishna holds aloft the mountain like an umbrella, as the cowherd men and women celebrate. In this version, Krishna has four arms, so he can play his flute and reassure a milkmaid while he balances the mountain on his middle finger. Cows stare adoringly at him.

The “hundred-eyed” Indra, king of the gods who sent the storm, sits enthroned at the upper left. He wears the garments of a Mughal emperor, with his tunic tied under his right arm. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.134/2018.134_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.134/2018.134_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.134/2018.134_full.tif