id:			314493
accession number:	2018.187
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.187
updated:		2023-09-08 11:16:54.842000

Five Poses of Krishna Making Love, from a Bikaner Bhagavata Purana, c. 1600. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner. Gum tempera and gold on paper; miniature: 17.5 x 25.4 cm (6 7/8 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.187

title:				Five Poses of Krishna Making Love, from a Bikaner Bhagavata Purana
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creation date:			c. 1600
creation date earliest:		1590
creation date latest:		1610
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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 Bikaner
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Miniature: 17.5 x 25.4 cm (6 7/8 x 10 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	śrī ṭhākurā rī kṛḍā rā a. 131
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2019-11-07T05:00:00
	<i>Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2019-April 5, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
Krishna can be seen making love on a swing in the central circle.

digital description:
When the Hindu god Vishnu incarnated as his human avatar Krishna, he spent his youth in a cowherd village. When he reached adolescence, the milkmaids were all drawn to him. A passage in the text explains that Krishna miraculously multiplied himself so he could be with each one individually, so they could experience the bliss of divine union.

wall description:
When the Hindu god Vishnu incarnated as his human avatar Krishna, he spent his youth in a cowherd village. When he reached adolescence, the cow herd girls were all drawn to him. A passage in the text explains that Krishna miraculously multiplied himself so he could be with each one individually, so they could all experience the bliss of divine union. <br><br>His blue skin reveals the inadequacy of our human vision, because his true nature as a god is pure light, but we see him as dark.
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IMAGES

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