A Serpent Protects Vasudeva Taking His Infant Son Krishna to Safety
A man with a yellow complexion and a shaved head wearing a white dhoti and a red shawl holds an infant; the infant has a blue complexion; a blue snake coils around the man; the man and the snake have their heads at the top of the image; the background is beige; there are two small areas of blue-gray clouds in the upper corners.
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- 515 × 900 px
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