Krisna Confiding in Companion
Dublin Core
Title
Krisna Confiding in Companion
Mapping in Color Item Type Metadata
Title
Krisna Confiding in Companion
Link
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41824/krishna-painting-unknown/
Repository
Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession Number
IS 53-1953
Provenance
Michael Rothenstein Collection
Parent Work
Basohli Rasamanjari
Sequential order of folio
122
Date
1660-1670
Location
Basohli, India
Medium
Watercolor, Gold, Beetle Wings; Paper
Size (H x W cm)
22.9 x 32.4 cm
Text
On verso in Sanskrit: "The beauty of that slender girl is like a pool in which my heart and eyes have dropped. The heart, being heavy, has been completely submerged; the eyes being light, are floating all around"
Paratext
On recto in Takri: "The need for love"
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.
Khanna, Balraj. Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997.
Khanna, Balraj. Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997.
Collection
Citation
“Krisna Confiding in Companion,” Mapping Color, accessed April 7, 2026, https://mappingcolor.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/216.