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Krishna Vanquishing the Crane-Demon Bakasura
late 1700s
- Medium
- gum tempera and gold on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Overall: 27.8 x 19.7 cm (10 15/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
- Culture
- Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
The Hindu god Vishnu incarnated himself as Krishna in response to pleadings from the Earth goddess to rid her of a wicked king. The king sent demons of many forms to assassinate Krishna, who effortlessly destroyed them. The South Indian artist effectively used a diagonal composition to show the cause and effect of Krishna’s assault and the fall of the defeated demon.
