Krishna's early childhood
Dublin Core
Title
Krishna's early childhood
Subject
Dasama Skandha , Bhagavata Purana
Publisher
Goetz, Hermann. “A New Key to Early Rajput and Indo-Muslim Painting: A Unique Bhagavata Purana (Dasama Skandha) Album from South Western Marwar,” Roopa-Lekha XXIII No.1-2 (1952):1-16
Type
Tularam Bhagavata Purana Series
Mapping in Color Item Type Metadata
Title
Krishna's early childhood
or
Balaram, Yashoda and Nanda
or
Balaram, Yashoda and Nanda
Classification
Manuscript page
Link
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2002/important-indian-miniatures-from-the-paul-f-walter-collection-n07846/lot.2.html?locale=en
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/an-illustration-to-the-tula-ram-bhagavata-6098384-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6098384
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/an-illustration-to-the-tula-ram-bhagavata-6098384-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6098384
Repository
Christies 2017
Sotheby's 2002
Sotheby's 2002
Provenance
From the Paul F. Walter Collection
Folio Number
Folio no. 20 per Goetz
Parent Work
Tularam Bhagavata Purana Series
Sequential order of folio
Book 10, maybe an illustration to chapter 5?
Date
Mid to late 17th century
Location
Gujarat
Style
Gujarati
Medium
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Size (H x W cm)
26.1 x 22.8 cm
Paratext
Numerals in upper left corner and inscription in devanagari script in upper border.
Publications
P. Pal, The Classical Tradition in Rajput Painting, New York, 1978, pp. 64-65, cat. 9.
Goetz, Hermann. “A new key to early Rajput and Indo-Muslim painting”, Roopa-Lekha, XXIII, 1-2, 1952, pp. 1-16, illus.no.4.
Goetz, Hermann. “A new key to early Rajput and Indo-Muslim painting”, Roopa-Lekha, XXIII, 1-2, 1952, pp. 1-16, illus.no.4.
Collection
Citation
“Krishna's early childhood,” Mapping Color, accessed April 6, 2026, https://mappingcolor.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/119.