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Akrura and Kritavarma flee Dvaraka, page from the "Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana"

c. 1760–65
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Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Medium
Gum tempera and ink on paper
Measurements
Image: 27.5 x 37.8 cm (10 13/16 x 14 7/8 in.); Overall: 30.6 x 40.2 cm (12 1/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1971.94
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Two warriors flee from Krishna’s capital city on horseback in a scene that takes place late in the life of Krishna. They were responsible for the death of Krishna’s father-in-law, King Satrajit. Furthermore, one of them is carrying the infamous Syamantaka jewel, stolen from King Satrajit. This magical jewel, a gift from the sun god, has the power to produce 170 pounds of gold every day. They are afraid of Krishna’s wrath.
A horizontally oriented gum tempera and ink painting depicts Akrura and another man with medium-light skin and dark mustaches riding horses across green hills. One man wears a purple tunic and orange turban on a brown horse; the other wears a patterned white garment on a tan horse. They gallop toward our right through a landscape of tiered hills and clusters of rounded trees under a pale sky, framed by a thick red border.

Akrura and Kritavarma flee Dvaraka, page from the "Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana"

c. 1760–65

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

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