The Infant Krishna Spirited Away by Vasudev, from a copy of the Dispersed Bhagavat Purana

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: c. 1520–1530
Medium: Opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 17.4 × 23.3 cm (6 13/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Origin: India
Holding institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Palette: Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #E3C599 · 29%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #946B3F · 15%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C49D6E · 11%

Lacquer Altar · Red family · #BA3B32 · 9%

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Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B3895B · 8%

Marine Tempera · Blue family · #405C79 · 7%

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Slate Night · Black family · #2C2B22 · 4%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #F9E3BF · 3%

Dusty Ballet Silk · Pink family · #C48A83 · <1%

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Midnight Indigo · Black family · #1A1B1F · <1%

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Sage Plaster · Green family · #A3AA94 · <1%

Blue Rag Paper · Blue family · #B4C3D6 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Everett McNear Collection

12 tags

Mythology and Religion Metadata · 99%

The work comes from a dispersed copy of the Bhagavat Purana, a Hindu religious text, and its title identifies a sacred narrative episode.
Deities and Holy Figures Metadata · 99%

The title explicitly identifies the infant Krishna, a Hindu deity, as the central subject.
Narrative Both · 98%

The title identifies a specific episode, while the image presents coordinated figures and actions within a structured architectural setting.
Animals Visual · 96%

A large serpentine form and several bird-like forms are visibly incorporated into the composition.
Interiors Visual · 94%

Figures occupy a decorated architectural interior containing structural bands, canopies, and a richly furnished bed or platform at right.
Flora Visual · 98%

The lower register contains repeated lotus blossoms and aquatic plant forms.

Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 98%

Surviving passages use saturated red, blue, yellow, green, black, and cream across the figures, architecture, textiles, and lower landscape zone.

16th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to approximately 1520–1530.

Indian Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog gives the place of origin as India and the attribution as the Delhi-Agra region, possibly Mathura.

anonymous. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/131908

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