Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion, from a copy of the Seven Hundred Verses (Sat Sai) of Bihari
Colors in this work
Details
- Artist
- Unknown artist
- Date
- 1719
- Dimensions
- Image: 21.1 × 17.6 cm (8 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Border: 22.2 × 18.7 cm (8 3/4 × 7 3/8 in.); Paper: 25.1 × 21.5 cm (9 7/8 × 8 1/2 in.); 21 × 17.5 cm (8 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
- Origin
- India
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Palette
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Everett and Ann McNear Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Deities and Holy Figures Both · 99%
The title identifies Krishna and Radha, who appear as the central paired figures in the depicted scene.
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Related to Literature Metadata · 97%
The catalog identifies the image as a page from a copy of the Seven Hundred Verses (Sat Sai) of Bihari.
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
The composition contains several human figures, including a seated central pair and three standing women at right.
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Flora Visual · 99%
The lower section visibly contains abundant leafy plants, flowering shrubs, and a prominent broad-leaved plant resembling a banana plant.
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Text Visual · 99%
A substantial yellow panel across the upper portion contains multiple lines of handwritten Devanagari script.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the object as a painting.
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Watercolor Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies opaque watercolor and gold on paper.
Time Periods
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18th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1719, with date boundaries of 1714 and 1724, placing it in the eighteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Indian Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the work as a painting from India, with the display attribution India Rajasthan, Mewar.
Materials
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Gold Both · 98%
Gold is specified in the catalog medium and is visibly used in the canopy, ornaments, headdress, and other decorative passages.
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Use of Paper Both · 99%
The catalog identifies paper as the support, and the image clearly shows a painted manuscript page on paper.
Source & rights
anonymous. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/93926
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 2,580 × 3,000 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed