Krisna Arrives while Radha is Dressing
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Title
Krisna Arrives while Radha is Dressing
Mapping in Color Item Type Metadata
Title
Krisna Arrives while Radha is Dressing
Link
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41817/painting-unknown/
Repository
Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession Number
IS. 52-1953
Provenance
Michael Rothenstein Collection
Parent Work
Basohli Rasamanjari
Sequential order of folio
121
Date
1660-1670
Location
Basholi, India
Medium
Watercolor, Gold, Beetle Wings; Paper
Size (H x W cm)
23.2 x 32.2 cm
Text
On verso in Sanskrit: "The lotus-eyed maiden is desirous of watching your foot-path. With the appearance of new clouds, her heart goes to her throat as if to choke it. Wishing to fly away to see your moon-like face, her heart grows wings in the form of lotus-leaves. What else shall I say?"
Paratext
On recto in Takri : 'Annoyance because of her toilet.'
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.
Goswamy, B. N., Eberhard Fischer, and Museum Rietberg. Pahari Masters : Court Painters of Northern India. Artibus Asiae. Supplementum ; 38. Zürich, Switzerland: Artibus Asiae Publishers : Museum Reitberg, 1992.
Goswamy, B. N., Eberhard Fischer, and Museum Rietberg. Pahari Masters : Court Painters of Northern India. Artibus Asiae. Supplementum ; 38. Zürich, Switzerland: Artibus Asiae Publishers : Museum Reitberg, 1992.
Collection
Citation
“Krisna Arrives while Radha is Dressing,” Mapping Color, accessed April 6, 2026, https://mappingcolor.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/215.