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Krishna Dancing: Page from the Dispersed "Boston" Rasikapriya (Lover's Breviary)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful illustration depicts Krishna dancing. The illustration has a dark-brown doorway on the lower-right with a man exiting. The doorway is adjacent to a scene with four men; one man on the left holds a drum. The man to the right of the drummer has his arms raised. Two framed portraits hang on a purple wall above the doorway. The top half of the illustration is black and red text on a beige background. The text fills most of the top half. The lower half is the illustration. The illustration frame is bordered in red. The entire image is on a white background.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1610
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Culture
India (Rajasthan, Amber)
Dimensions
391 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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