Krishna Gazes Longingly at Radha, Page from the "Lumbagraon Gita Govinda" Series

• Artist: Indian (Culture)
• Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
• Dates: ca. 1820-1825
• Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/8 x 14 3/8 in. (28.3 x 36.5 cm) image: 9 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. (24.1 x 32.1 cm)
• Inscriptions: Inscriptions on reverse refer to another folio, but are here translated: She, who has cast her wishful eyes at Govinda (the lord of cowherds) rejoicing and melodiously ringing her anklets, entered the grove. Afterwards, she, who has denounced her lineage, and incurred sin by the act of digression from the path of her lineage, became all the more beautiful with the manifested marks (of nails and teeth) like the moon risen on the horizon of Vrindavana with streams of his rays and resembling the sandal paste marks on the face of the lady of the horizon.
• Collection: Asian Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 2N12, I316
• Exhibitions:
  • Vishnu: Hinduism's Blue-Skinned Savior (June 24, 2011 through October 2, 2011)
• Accession Number: 72.43
• Image: 72.43_IMLS_SL2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,