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MUGHAL ARTIST, INDIA
Paintings of Krishna and the gopis and a green bee-eater.
c. 1650-1780RCIN 1005069.av
recto:
Krishna and the Gopis play hide-and-seek, c. 1730-40
A companion painting to that on the opposite folio (46v) by the same artist, Krishna sits in a leafy bower playing hide-and-seek with a lady, possibly Radha, who walks away covering her eyes. The image has been cropped from a larger painting cutting out all but a corner of the roof of a pavilion on the right.
verso:
Painting of a bee-eater, or merops orientalis beludschicus. 17th century.
Krishna and the Gopis play hide-and-seek, c. 1730-40
A companion painting to that on the opposite folio (46v) by the same artist, Krishna sits in a leafy bower playing hide-and-seek with a lady, possibly Radha, who walks away covering her eyes. The image has been cropped from a larger painting cutting out all but a corner of the roof of a pavilion on the right.
verso:
Painting of a bee-eater, or merops orientalis beludschicus. 17th century.
