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Krishna Stealing Curds

late 1700s
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Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati

Medium
gum tempera and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 27.7 x 19.3 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1966.28
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Krishna’s brother Balarama holds a snake, since he is an incarnation of Vishnu’s cosmic serpent.

Description

As a toddler growing up in a rural cowherding community, Krishna loved to eat the dairy products his parents attempted to keep out of his reach. With bold rounded contours and modeling, the blue-skinned Krishna totters precariously on a ladder, while his irate foster mother brandishes a stick at him.
A vertically oriented gum tempera painting depicts Krishna, a figure with blue skin, climbing a ladder and holding a white pot. At left, a boy with medium-dark skin supports Krishna's leg near a coiling snake. At right, a medium-skinned woman holds the ladder. Three dark pots hang above against an off-white background. The composition is framed by a red arched border.

Krishna Stealing Curds

late 1700s

Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati

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