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Vasudeva (Krishna's Father) Fleeing with Krishna Encounters a Cobra and a Jackal (verso), from a Kalighat album

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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Medium
Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper
Measurements
Secondary Support: 49.9 x 29.8 cm (19 5/8 x 11 3/4 in.); Painting only: 45.4 x 26.5 cm (17 7/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.100.b
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A vertically oriented tempera painting is composed of flat, saturated washes and crisp black contours. Vasudeva, a bald man with a ponytail, cradles the dark blue infant Krishna across his chest. He wears a red striped scarf over a white dhoti, standing beside a small, tan jackal. To our left, a blue cobra rises from a pale wash. Faint graphite sketches of ethereal figures haunt the background, providing a ghostly, translucent counterpoint.

Vasudeva (Krishna's Father) Fleeing with Krishna Encounters a Cobra and a Jackal (verso), from a Kalighat album

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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