# Nanda Solves Vasudeva’s Dilemma, from a Bhagavata Purana

- Date: c. 1610
- Medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Sheet: 24.8 x 29.9 cm (9 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner
- Credit line: Gift of Kalesan Natesan in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.365)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2013.365/2013.365_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Three cowherd boys stand behind their village elder Nanda, who agrees to hide the newborn Krishna, an incarnation of a Hindu god. At the left is Krishna’s father, Vasudeva, who has made this request in order to protect the child from slaughter by the despotic king, who had heard a prophecy that Krishna would one day kill him.

This painting is from a series depicting scenes from a sacred Hindu text and was part of the royal Bikaner collection. The simple, geometric composition, profile views, and flat planes of color show adherence to long-standing local artistic styles.