"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna)), ca. 1590–95
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"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

ca. 1590–95

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Classification
Codices
Dimensions
H. 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm) W. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Culture
present-day Pakistan
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Islamic Art
Credit line
Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1928
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, 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 The Metropolitan Museum of Art