Akrura and Krishna
Dublin Core
Title
Akrura and Krishna
Mapping in Color Item Type Metadata
Title
Akrura and Krishna
Link
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O17692/akrura-and-krishna-painting-unknown/
Repository
Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession Number
IS.2-1977
Provenance
Given by John Bachofen von Echt.
Date
1520-30 CE
Location
Mathura
Medium
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Size (H x W cm)
17.5 cm x 23.2 cm
Paratext
"Udhau... Akrura... Krishna... Raya'
Inscriptions in Nagri identify the characters."
Inscriptions in Nagri identify the characters."
Publications
Swallow, Deborah and John Guy eds. Arts of India: 1550-1900. text by Rosemary Crill, John Guy, Veronica Murphy, Susan Stronge and Deborah Swallow. London : V&A Publications, 1990. 240 p., ill. ISBN 1851770224, pp 36/37, no.21.
In the image of man : the Indian perception of the universe through 2000 years of painting and sculpture : [exhibition / organized by Catherine Lampert assisted by Rosalie Cass]. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson :in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1982 Number: 0297780719, 0297781243 (pbk.)p. 209 cat. no. 405
In the image of man : the Indian perception of the universe through 2000 years of painting and sculpture : [exhibition / organized by Catherine Lampert assisted by Rosalie Cass]. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson :in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1982 Number: 0297780719, 0297781243 (pbk.)p. 209 cat. no. 405
Collection
Citation
“Akrura and Krishna,” Mapping Color, accessed April 4, 2026, https://mappingcolor.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/49.