Collection Online as of December 4, 2023

Krishna Ferrying Radha Across the Yamuna River (recto)

c. 1890

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Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper

Secondary Support: 48.5 x 29.3 cm (19 1/8 x 11 9/16 in.); Painting only: 45.5 x 27.4 cm (17 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.129.a

Location

not on view

Description

This image is taken from popular dramas where Krishna, lover of the cowgirls (gopis), disguises himself as a boatman to ferry a demure Radha, his favorite gopi. It depicts devotion and the intensity of separated lovers.

Provenance

?-2003

William E. Ward [1922-2004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

2003-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Exhibition history

Indian Kalighat Paintings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 1-September 18, 2011).