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Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, from a Bhagavata Purana

1686

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

Medium
Gum tempera on paper
Measurements
Page: 19.4 x 27.6 cm (7 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
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Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.134
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After Krishna convinced the dwellers of the cowherd village in Braj to not give the annual offering to Indra, king of the gods, an enraged Indra flooded the village with heavy rainfall. Krishna, shown with four arms, lifted nearby Mount Govardhan, and the villagers took shelter underneath. The painting depicts a heavy torrent of rain, and in the upper left, Indra sits enthroned with two attendants and his white elephant mount.
A horizontally oriented tempera painting depicts narrative panels against vibrant backgrounds. Upper left, three men and a white elephant stand against deep blue. Below, cows walk across a yellow band. Middle left, Krishna, a god with gray-blue skin, sits against red. On the right, under a dark, rainy sky, Krishna lifts a pink, flowered mountain above a crowd. Peacocks perch atop the mountain while wavy, dark hills ground the scene.

Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, from a Bhagavata Purana

1686

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

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