Krishna Reaching for the Moon
The image depicts a painting titled "Krishna Reaching for the Moon". The scene shows a group of women and a child in a courtyard. The child, Krishna, sits on a woman's lap; he reaches for a crescent moon reflected in a black circular basin. The woman holding Krishna wears a red skirt with black lace and a green top. Two women on the right side of the image wear orange shawls; one holds a jug. The woman on the left wears a yellow shawl and a striped skirt. In the foreground, two cows lie down, one white and one brown. A potted plant sits to the right of the cows. The background features a pink wall on the left, a white building with a yellow roof on the right, trees, and a blue sky with a crescent moon.
Artwork Details
- Dimensions
- 613 × 900 px
- Museum Record
- View original
You May Also Like
A prince conversing with a woman while taking refreshments on a terrace (recto)
Toilette of Radha
Ragini Patamanjari
A princess with attendants on a terrace
Royal Couple Distributing Meals
Panchama Ragini: Page from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
Ladies in a Pavilion: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
The Birth of Krishna, from a Sursagar of Surdas (Indian, c. 1480–1580)
A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants
Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
A group of women in ecstasy before Madhava, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala
Kamakandala dies on hearing the news of Madhava’s death, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala
Taking of the Toll, Dana-Lila
Krishna and Radha with Their Confidantes: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda
Gujari Ragini (Krishna with Gopis Playing the Flute), from a Ragamala Series
Bangala Ragini
A Lady and Her Duenna: Page from a Dispersed Rasikapriya (Lover's Breviary)
Madhava plays his vina before five women drawing water from a well, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala
The Lovelorn Heroine, from a Sat Sai of Bihari
The destitute Mukhtar meets his wife Maimuna at a holy shrine, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
A woman with attendant and a pair of deer: probably Gujari Ragini of Dipak
Krishna and Gopis
Ramkali Ragini: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
Pancham Raga