Cremation of the Demoness Putana, from a Krishna-Lila, c. 1790. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, 18th century. Opaque watercolor on paper; overall: x cm (8 1/4 x 12 5/16 in.). In the foreground the grotesque oversized corpse of Putana is being cut up with much difficulty by themen of Vraj, the cowherd village where the Hindu god Krishna lived in his infancy and youth. Herforearms and hands are already being conveyed to the massive pyre at the upper left. Krishna’s fosterfather Nanda, the elder of the village, has come in a bullock cart to survey the situation, putting hisfi
Cremation of the Demoness Putana, from a Krishna-Lila, c. 1790. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, 18th century. Opaque watercolor on paper; overall: x cm (8 1/4 x 12 5/16 in.). In the foreground the grotesque oversized corpse of Putana is being cut up with much difficulty by themen of Vraj, the cowherd village where the Hindu god Krishna lived in his infancy and youth. Herforearms and hands are already being conveyed to the massive pyre at the upper left. Krishna’s fosterfather Nanda, the elder of the village, has come in a bullock cart to survey the situation, putting hisfinger to his mouth in the gesture of astonishment.
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