# Balarama and Krishna

- Date: c. 1890
- Medium: Gum tempera, graphite, and ink on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Painting only: 45.3 x 27.9 cm (17 13/16 x 11 in.)
- Culture: Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat
- Credit line: Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.168)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2003.168/2003.168_web.jpg
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Here a divine sibling pair, Balarama and Krishna, are portrayed as mirror images of one another.