Painting

Museum number:
9-22450
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4753
Description:
Krishna and Ratha. Nathdwara style. center panel depicts figures dancing in a circle. Krishna and Ratha dance together in the center. ground in the middle of the circle is tan with white flowers in a pattern. most of the figures dancing in the circle are women. also in the circle are four figures of Krishna with blue skin and four figures with dark blue/black skin. top of panel includes gods floating in the sky. gods include (from left to right): 1. rain god and his wife, 2. Brahma and Saraswati, 3. Vishnu amd Lakshmi, 4. Rama, Sita, and Garud, 5. Shiva and Parvati, 6. Narat. beneath this, around the top of the circle of dancers are trees (some banana trees); around the bottom of the circle of dancers, the ground is covered in flowers and peacocks. 2 groups of 3 women, one to the left and one to the right of panel. border on left, right and top of central panel. border consists of dark blue/black figures. image in top center of border is of baby Krishna's uncle. figures in bottom left and right corner of border are the priest of Nathadwara (a Brahmin who is the caretaker and decorator of Krishna images in the temple). around the whole painting is another border of blue and orange flowers. Artist: Devendra Sharma
Donor:
Malu Beltran
Collection place:
Nathdwara, Udaipur district, Rajasthan
Verbatim coll. place:
Udaipur, [Rajasthan], India
Collector:
Martha Beltran
Collection date:
July 22, 2005
Materials:
Ink and Paint (coating)
Person depicted:
Krishna (Hindu deity), Parvati (Hindu deity), Shiva (Hindu deity), and Vishnu (Hindu deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Paintings (visual works)
Accession date:
October 10, 2005
Context of use:
Pichwai are paintings hung behind shrines in Hindu temples. depicts Krishna bewildering the gopis (cow herders' daughters) making them think that Krishna is attracted to them but the real Krishna is in the center of the circle dancing with Ratha
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
painting— width 59.5 centimeters, painting— height 90.5 centimeters, cloth— height 63.5 centimeters, and cloth— width 94 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-22450, described as Krishna and Ratha. Nathdwara style. center panel depicts figures dancing in a circle. Krishna and Ratha dance together in the center. ground in the middle of the circle is tan with white flowers in a pattern. most of the figures dancing in the circle are women. also in the circle are four figures of Krishna with blue skin and four figures with dark blue/black skin. top of panel includes gods floating in the sky. gods include (from left to right): 1. rain god and his wife, 2. Brahma and Saraswati, 3. Vishnu amd Lakshmi, 4. Rama, Sita, and Garud, 5. Shiva and Parvati, 6. Narat. beneath this, around the top of the circle of dancers are trees (some banana trees); around the bottom of the circle of dancers, the ground is covered in flowers and peacocks. 2 groups of 3 women, one to the left and one to the right of panel. border on left, right and top of central panel. border consists of dark blue/black figures. image in top center of border is of baby Krishna's uncle. figures in bottom left and right corner of border are the priest of Nathadwara (a Brahmin who is the caretaker and decorator of Krishna images in the temple). around the whole painting is another border of blue and orange flowers. Artist: Devendra Sharma

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