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Radha's Friend Pleads with Her to Receive Krishna: Page from a Dispersed Rasikapriya

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Red background with a yellow border. A blue-skinned man in a blue and white outfit stands on left. He holds a small object in his right hand and extends his left hand to a woman. The woman wears a long, multicolored dress and has her right hand raised. She stands beside a large frame containing a woman sitting on a red platform. The seated woman wears a pink and white outfit and holds a red flower. A white canopy tops the frame. Black text in a foreign language is written at the top and bottom.

Artwork Details

Date
1634
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Culture
India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa)
Dimensions
514 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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