Object number1976.68.6

The Pavilion of Love: Radha and Krishna

Datec. 1790-1800

Artist Currently Unidentified

CultureIndian [possibly Punjab Hills]

MediumOpaque watercolor and gold on paper

DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (29.9 x 23.5 cm)
Matted: 16 1/8 x 22 1/16 in. (41 x 56 cm)

Credit LineGift of Ruth Lamb Atkinson, class of 1918

On View

Not on view

Period18th 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
DescriptionRasha and Krishna sit atop a bed in a grove with birds, fruits, flowers, and other flora surrounding them. They wear extensive jewelry and are mostly naked aside from each having a cloth draping across them. Rasha's hands and feet are hennaed. The two gaze at one another while Krishna craddles the back of Rasha's head as he cups her breast and she drapes her hand over his.

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