Object number1976.68.7

Moonlight Tryst: Radha and Krishna

Datec. 1850

Artist Currently Unidentified

CultureIndian, Pahari (possibly Guler Workshop)

MediumOpaque watercolor and gold on paper

DimensionsImage: 10 9/16 x 8 13/16 in. (26.8 x 22.4 cm)
Matted: 22 1/16 x 16 1/8 in. (56 x 41 cm)

Credit LineGift of Ruth Lamb Atkinson, class of 1918

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

Vassar Exhibitions

India in Miniature: Works from the Permanent Collection

Exhibition HistoryArt of India: Convergence of Cultures from the Romans to the Raj, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY, January 2 - March 18, 1997;

India in Miniature: Works from the Permanent Collection, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY" January 24 - April 23, 2017
DescriptionRadha is shown wearing all white with gold and orange details standing before Krishna and bowing her head slightly. At left, Krishna is seated within lush vegetation wearing a yellow garment from the waist down and adorned with jewels. Above them is a bright moon radiating light while the there is nothing in the background, serving as a contrast for Krishna's area of greenery. The scene is surrounded by bird and flower borders.

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