About the Artwork
Story of Krishna and Radha
c. 1800
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Indian
Indian
Ink on paper
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Paintings
Asian Art
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel
F68.200.B
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed in Gurmukhi script, Braj language, verse 4.11 of the "Rasikapriya": (trans. from Harsha V. Dehejia, "Rasikapriya: Ritikavya of Keshavdas in Ateliers of Love," DK Printworld, 2013) The nayak speaks to the sakhi: Heavenly women with beautiful eyes are no match for this nayika. Kinnar women, women of this earth, serpent women, women of the mountain, wives of demons and deities all admire her beauty and bow to her. Are women of the netherworlds or the wife of Kamdev more beautiful than her? She is picture perfect verily as beautiful as Sita and Lakshmi.
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Indian, Story of Krishna and Radha, c. 1800, Ink on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel, F68.200.B.
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