The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Leaf from a Kalighat album: Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis) (recto); Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso)
c. 1890
Secondary Support: 48.5 x 29.9 cm (19 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
In the image on the recto taken from both popular accounts and the Bhagavata Purana, Krishna has stolen the clothes of cowgirls (gopis) who are bathing in the Yamuna River, a tributary of the Ganges River. He refuses to return their clothes, the purple saris seen hanging high in the tree, until they come out and bow to him with folded palms. Krishna, a cowherder, is holding a flute, which he uses to lure them away.- ?–2003William E. Ward [1922–2004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2003–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Indian Kalighat Paintings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 1-September 18, 2011). (2003.114.a only)
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2003.114