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Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Milkmaids and Expounds on the Virtue of Trees, from a Braj Bhagavata Purana

Cleveland Museum of Art

A painting with a left and right side divided into multiple scenes. The left side features three stacked scenes. The top scene shows two people sitting at a table with two gold pitchers and a stack of plates between them. They have dark hair, are wearing red and brown outfits, and are sitting behind a white and red wall with two dome-shaped roofs behind them. The second scene shows three people standing behind a red and white striped wall. They are wearing red and white outfits with head wraps. The bottom scene shows three cows walking from right to left. The right side features two stacked scenes. The top scene shows a blue figure sitting with four other people to his right. He is sitting on a yellow cloth with a white cow to his right and another white animal lying down behind them. They are surrounded by green trees on a red background. The bottom scene shows a gray figure sitting on a yellow cloth under a tree. He is surrounded by green trees and nine pink people standing in wavy black water. Three people are to his right and six people are to his left. There are several pieces of clothing hanging from the trees.

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900 × 566 px
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