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Krishna Dancing with Two Attendant Female Musicians

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white illustration of three people. The central figure is a man with dark skin. He wears a white cloth wrapped around his waist and a cloth draped over his left shoulder. The man has one leg bent and one extended as if dancing. The man holds a stick in his right hand and a cloth in his left hand. The man has a headband and a circular ornament on his forehead. The man has a bindi on his forehead. The woman on the left has dark hair pulled back. The woman on the left wears a sari with a dark top and a light skirt with dark spots. The woman on the right has dark hair pulled back. The woman on the right wears a light top and a long light skirt with dark spots. The woman on the right holds a stick with a round object on the end. There is a tree on the left. There are clouds in the sky. There is text in a foreign language at the top. The image is framed in black with a thin white line. The image is titled Krishna Dancing with Two Attendant Female Musicians.

Artwork details

Date:
late 19th–early 20th century
Medium:
Colors and gold on paper
Culture:
India
Dimensions:
435 × 625 px
Museum record:
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