The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Five Poses of Krishna Making Love, from a Bikaner Bhagavata Purana
c. 1600
Miniature: 17.5 x 25.4 cm (6 7/8 x 10 in.)
Location: not on view
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Krishna can be seen making love on a swing in the central circle.Description
When the Hindu god Vishnu incarnated as his human avatar Krishna, he spent his youth in a cowherd village. When he reached adolescence, the milkmaids were all drawn to him. A passage in the text explains that Krishna miraculously multiplied himself so he could be with each one individually, so they could experience the bliss of divine union.- Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2019-April 5, 2020).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.187