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Krishna Awaiting Radha

Cleveland Museum of Art

The painting depicts Krishna Awaiting Radha by an unknown artist. Krishna is sitting on a low platform with a yellow mattress, wearing a blue body paint, a gold crown, a white necklace, and a red cloth wrapped around his lower body. He has his left leg stretched out and his right leg bent. He is looking to the right. Two women stand behind him; the one on the left has a green sari and the one on the right wearing a red sari. The background shows a beige wall with three arches, two on the sides have red, yellow and grey rectangles inside while the middle one reveals another room with a blue ceiling. The floor has a patterned rug with red designs on a beige background.

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663 × 900 px
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