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Krishna and the Gopis Gather for Rasamandala
c. 1720–30
- Medium
- Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Image: 41.5 x 28.5 cm (16 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Overall: 50 x 32.5 cm (19 11/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
- Culture
- Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
On the banks of a river full of lotus flowers, the blue god Krishna address the gopis, women of the cowherding community where he spent his youth. At first, they approach him, smiling and delighted, proclaiming that he is the god of love, shining like the full moon above. When he tells them that he is soon leaving them, they fall to the ground, distraught. Although the figures of the gopis are painted individually, with varied skin colors and garments, they act collectively.
