Illustration from a Gita Govinda series | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1720

As is often the case with paintings that illustrate manuscripts, the text at the top, written in the Devanagari script, identifies the scene. Two different vignettes portray a single narrative, a device often found in Indian paintings; here, Radha sits alone at the right and later meets Krishna at the left.

Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: without mounting: 8 7/16 × 15 3/16 in. (21.4 × 38.5 cm)
with mounting: 14 11/16 × 20 15/16 in. (37.3 × 53.2 cm)
framed: 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
Credit Line: The Vera M. and John D. MacDonald, B.A. 1927, Collection, Gift of Mrs. John D. MacDonald
Accession Number: 2001.138.27.2
Geography: India
Culture: Indian
Period: Mughal dynasty (1526–1857)
Classification: Paintings
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Provenance

Vera M. MacDonald and John D. MacDonald, Boston, Mass., by 2001; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), illustration

Inscriptions

Vihita-vishada-bis-kisalaya-valaya\r\njivati param iha tava rati-kalaya.

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