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Krishna and Radha embrace in a landscape
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Description
This unfinished, partly coloured drawing illustrates a scene from the Gita Govinda by the twelfth century Sanskrit poet Jayadeva, which celebrates the love between Krishna and his consort Radha.
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Details
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- Gita Govinda of Jayadeva
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north-west India › Punjab Hills › Himachal Pradesh › Kangra (place of creation)
- Date
- c. 1790
- Material and technique
- gouache with gold on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 40 x 55.3 cm (height x width)
page 19 x 26 cm (height x width)
painting 14.3 x 21.4 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.2563
Location
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First floor | Room 33 | Mughal India
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First floor | Room 33 | Mughal India
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