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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Krishna Under a Canopy

Krishna Under a Canopy

c. 1680
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Page: 26.7 x 17.8 cm (10 1/2 x 7 in.); Miniature: 22.9 x 14 cm (9 x 5 1/2 in.)
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.184
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Krishna holds a scepter, or mace, which is one of the weapons of the god Vishnu, of whom he is an incarnation.

Description

This tranquil, languid scene on a white marble, carpeted terrace depicts the god Krishna in the place of an earthly prince. A female attendant at the left fans him, while he and another lady each hold a rose. The open doorway in the background with the rolled-up curtain above suggests the intimacy of an imminent encounter inside.
  • September 19, 2008
    (Sotheby's, New York, NY, September 19, 2008, lot 244, sold to Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer)
    2008-2018
    Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2018-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Sotheby's, New York. Indian & Southeast Asian Works of Art. September 19, 2008. Lot 244
    Sotheby's, New York. Indian & Southeast Asian Works of Art. September 19, 2008. Lot 244
  • Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1-September 9, 2019).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.184