

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