Nanda Requests a Horoscope for Krishna, Page from a Bhagavata Purana series
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Indian. Nanda Requests a Horoscope for Krishna, Page from a Bhagavata Purana series, ca. 1725. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, sheet: 9 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. (23.2 x 26.7 cm) image: 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (15.9 x 19.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Poster, 78.260.5. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Title
Nanda Requests a Horoscope for Krishna, Page from a Bhagavata Purana series
Date
ca. 1725
Geography
Place made: Rajasthan, India
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 9 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. (23.2 x 26.7 cm) image: 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (15.9 x 19.7 cm)
Inscriptions
Upper left, inner border. In Braj, in black ink, in Devanagari script: The sage Gargacharya makes the birth chart of Krishna son of Nanda and Yashoda. (7)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Poster
Accession Number
78.260.5
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