Battle Scenes from a Bhagavata Purana Series

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Caption

Indian. Battle Scenes from a Bhagavata Purana Series, ca. 1650. Opaque watercolor and gold on thin paper, 8 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (21.9 x 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth X. Robbins, 78.203. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Culture

Indian

Title

Battle Scenes from a Bhagavata Purana Series

Date

ca. 1650

Geography

Possible place made: Gujarat, India, Possible place made: Western region, Rajasthan, India

Medium

Opaque watercolor and gold on thin paper

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

8 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (21.9 x 12.1 cm)

Inscriptions

In black ink. In Devanagari script. Recto At upper left. Balabhadrane. At right margin. Banasura. Verso At upper left. Illegible. At upper right. Illegible. At middle left. Ganapati. At middle right. Pradyumna. At lower left. Shambu. At lower right. Dhumralochana.

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth X. Robbins

Accession Number

78.203

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