Krisna and Jester
Dublin Core
Title
Krisna and Jester
Mapping in Color Item Type Metadata
Title
Krisna and Jester
Link
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41807/krishna-painting-unknown/
Repository
Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession Number
IS. 121-1951
Provenance
Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund, Collection of Michael Rothenstein
Parent Work
Basohli Rasamanjari
Sequential order of folio
117
Date
1660-1670
Location
Basohli, India
Medium
Watercolor, Gold, Beetle Wings; Paper
Size (H x W cm)
23.5 x 33 cm
Text
On verso in Sanskrit: "Having coaxed my lotus-faced girl to come near the couch, I eagerly prepared to loosen her bodice. Meanwhile, the clown, my friend, repeatedly crowed like a young rooster as if heralding the dawn."
Paratext
On recto in Takri: 'the jester friend'
Publications
Archer, W. G. Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills; a Survey and History of Pahari Miniature Painting. London, New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1973.
Exhibition History
Rawson, Philip S., Hayward Gallery and Arts Council of Great Britain. Tantra. Hayward Gallery, London 30 September-7 November 1971. London, Arts Council of Great Britain, [1971]. p. 34, no.127.
Collection
Citation
“Krisna and Jester,” Mapping Color, accessed April 6, 2026, https://mappingcolor.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/214.