Krishna and Radha with Their Confidantes: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda, Style of Manohar, ca. 1655–60


Krishna and Radha with Their Confidantes: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda, ca. 1655–60, India (Rajasthan, Mewar), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, Image: 9 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. ( x cm); Page: 10 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (26 x cm), Paintings, Style of Manohar (active ca. 1582–1624), Early Indian paintings are often divided into multiple registers in which successive episodes of a story are related. Above, Krishna holds his hand in a gesture of exposition while Radha gazes on in erotic expectation


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