1973.154: Krishna and Radha Celebrating Holi with the Gopis (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Satsaiya (Seven Hundred Verses) series
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1973.154
- Title
- Krishna and Radha Celebrating Holi with the Gopis (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Satsaiya (Seven Hundred Verses) series
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript folio
- Date
- 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Mewar
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/216291
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Kenneth Galbraith
- Accession Year
- 1973
- Object Number
- 1973.154
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The recto side of this folio features Krishna, the eighth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu who is worshipped as a deity in his own right, celebrating Holi with a group of gopis (milkmaids). Holi, known as the “festival of colors”, is a Hindu holiday that celebrates victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring. To celebrate, people throw colors at each other in the form of dried powder or water sprays. Rajput Style, Marwar School.
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