id:			314463
accession number:	2018.158
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.158
updated:		2023-08-24 01:24:26.427000

Krishna and Radha Quarreling: Shatha Nayaka, from a Rasikapriya, c. 1680. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 28.3 x 18.4 cm (11 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.); miniature: 26.4 x 15.3 cm (10 3/8 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.158

title:				Krishna and Radha Quarreling: Shatha Nayaka, from a Rasikapriya
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creation date:			c. 1680
creation date earliest:		1670
creation date latest:		1690
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creditline:			Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 28.3 x 18.4 cm (11 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.); Miniature: 26.4 x 15.3 cm (10 3/8 x 6 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2019-04-01T04:00:00
	<i>Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1-September 9, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
Krishna wears a transparent white muslin <em>jama</em>, a popular article of Mughal fashion since the time of Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605–27).

digital description:
When Krishna returns home at dawn, having spent the night elsewhere, an infuriated Radha inquires about his whereabouts and accuses him of infidelity. Krishna, realizing the intensity of the situation, tries to assuage her with sweet words and compares her red eyes to lotus petals. The rising sun behind the thick foliage is suggestive of early dawn.

wall description:
The inscription at the top relates that the scene’s heroine is angry because her lover has been out all night and his eyes are red. She accuses him of being with someone else. The clever hero responds that his eyes are red because he misses her and has been away from her for so long. Placing the blue-skinned Krishna in the place of a lover involved with emotions and arguments humanizes the divinity. Readers of the poetry and viewers of the painting can imagine being in the position of Radha in their relationship with god. Sometimes it seems that the god has abandoned one in favor of someone else.
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IMAGES

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