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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.337
Title
Poet Paying Homage to Krishna (painting, recto), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1820
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Northern India, Pahari Region
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/165359

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
21.3 x 28.42 cm (8 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Kenneth Galbraith
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.337
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The painting depicts the blue-skinned Hindu god Krishna enthroned on an enclosed outdoor terrace, holding a long white scroll. Kneeling with raised hands in front of him is the poet who has presented the scroll to Krishna. An attendant dressed in an orange robe (jama) stands on the left. This folio most likely belonged to a Bhagavata Purana series produced in the Pahari region of Northern India. Other folios from the same Bhagavata Purana series in the Harvard Art Museum’s collection are objects 2001.335, 2001.336, 2001.338. Rajput, Pahari.

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