Illustration from a Bhagavata Purana Series, Book 10: Krishna and Radha Under a Tree Artist: Unknown

Medium

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

without mounting: 8 3/4 × 12 13/16 in. (22.2 × 32.6 cm)
with mounting: 16 1/4 × 19 11/16 in. (41.2 × 50 cm)

Credit Line

The Vera M. and John D. MacDonald, B.A. 1927, Collection, Gift of Mrs. John D. MacDonald

Accession Number

2001.138.35

Geography
Culture
Period

Mughal dynasty (1526–1857)

Classification
Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance

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
Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), illustration

Subject

trees

Inscriptions

Bhagavata Purana Book 10 Chapter 30 Verses 5, 11, 33:\r\n5. "O Asvattha tree! O Plaksa tree! O nyagrodha tree! Have you seen the son of Nanda at all? He has stolen our minds with the glances and smiles of love, and has gone.\r\n11. O wife of the deer, has Krsna passed by here with his beloved, his limbs giving pleasure to your eyes? O friend, the scent from the jasmine garland of the Lord of our group is wafting here--a garland colored with breast saffron contracted from the body of his lover.\r\n33. Here, lusty Krsna decorated that lusty woman's hair. Surely he sat here while making his lover a crown with those [flowers].\r\n\r\n--translated by Edwin F. Bryant , "Krishna: The Beautiful Legend of God: Srimad Bhagavata Purana Book X." \r\n\r\nSanskrit text in devanagari in black and red; one line of Takri script on back.

Technical metadata and APIs

IIIF

Open in Mirador

View IIIF manifest

The International Image Interoperability Framework, or IIIF, is an open standard for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. Visit iiif.io to learn more

Linked Art

API response for this object

Linked Art is a Community working together to create a shared Model based on Linked Open Data to describe Art.