The Approach of Krishna. Page from a Rasamanjari
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Title
The Approach of Krishna. Page from a Rasamanjari
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Title
The Approach of Krishna. Page from a Rasamanjari
Link
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1965.249
Repository
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession Number
1965.249
Provenance
Stella Kramrisch, Edward L. Whittemore Fund
Parent Work
Basohli Rasamanjari
Sequential order of folio
135
Date
1660-1670
Location
Basholi, India
Medium
Watercolor, Gold, Beetle Wings; Paper
Size (H x W cm)
23.4 x 32.4cm
Text
On verso in Sanskrit: "Friend give up your waywardness of mind. O dear friend do not torture me with your shyness. For a moment, the lord Kama forgive me, be steadfast in your gaze. May the handsome Krishna wearing peacock feathers on his head, putting lotus in his ears and holding the flute on his hand reveal himself to me now."
Paratext
On recto in Takri : "Seeing the lover face to face."
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.
Dwivedi, Vinod P. “A Rasamanjari Painting from Basohli.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 56, no. 7, 1969, pp. 262–268.
Goswamy, B., Fischer, E., & Museum Rietberg. (1992). Pahari masters : Court painters of northern India (Artibus Asiae. Supplementum ; 38). Zürich, Switzerland: Artibus Asiae : Museum Reitberg.
Karl Khandalavala and Moti Chandra, "The Rasamanjari in Basohli Painting," Lalit Kala, nos. 3-4 (New Delhi, 1956/57), pp. 26-38.
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
Dwivedi, Vinod P. “A Rasamanjari Painting from Basohli.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 56, no. 7, 1969, pp. 262–268.
Goswamy, B., Fischer, E., & Museum Rietberg. (1992). Pahari masters : Court painters of northern India (Artibus Asiae. Supplementum ; 38). Zürich, Switzerland: Artibus Asiae : Museum Reitberg.
Karl Khandalavala and Moti Chandra, "The Rasamanjari in Basohli Painting," Lalit Kala, nos. 3-4 (New Delhi, 1956/57), pp. 26-38.
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
Exhibition History
Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).
Collection
Citation
“The Approach of Krishna. Page from a Rasamanjari,” Mapping Color, accessed April 7, 2026, https://mappingcolor.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/218.