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Hindu God Krishna Talking to Elders

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a painting of Hindu God Krishna talking to elders. Krishna sits on a yellow chair with a pink seat cushion, wearing a green halo, a gray dhoti, and with his right hand raised. He faces left. He sits on a green floor with 25 men. Of these men, 24 sit cross-legged on the ground. The 25th man is on the left, standing behind the seated men. Krishna and 15 of the men have a black mark on their forehead. Krishna, the man on the left behind Krishna, and two other men wear a cloth wrapped around their waists and over their left shoulders. Krishna and six of the men on the ground wear yellow wrapped around their waists. The background shows a river running horizontally across the image with white ducks; the river has two streams on either side that empty into it, also running horizontally. On either side of the river and streams are green lawns with trees. The hills in the background are yellow and green with a white building; the sky is blue with white clouds.

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900 × 628 px
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