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Leaf from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Series

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Object Label

The artist Manaku introduced new methods of representing landscape elements and spatial depth to the conservative pictorial traditions of the Punjab Hills. Here, he uses a curved hillside rather than the traditional flat horizon line and disperses overlapping figures on a slope to add to the sense of dimensionality. The blue-skinned figure on the right is Krishna, an avatar (or incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is about to rescue his childhood companions, who have fallen ill from drinking the water of a poisoned river.

Caption

Indian. Leaf from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Series, 1760–1765. Opaque watercolors and gold on paper, Sheet): 11 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (30.2 x 40.3 cm) Image: 9 3/16 x 13 3/16 in. (23.3 x 33.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Amy and Robert L. Poster, 82.227.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Culture

Indian

Title

Leaf from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Series

Date

1760–1765

Geography

Possible place manufactured: Guler, Punjab Hills, India

Medium

Opaque watercolors and gold on paper

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

Sheet): 11 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (30.2 x 40.3 cm) Image: 9 3/16 x 13 3/16 in. (23.3 x 33.5 cm)

Inscriptions

Inscription: On reverse identifies the book and verse from the text depicted. Several lines of inscription in devanagari script in black and red are rendered. Numbers identify the Book, chapter, verse, and the number of the illustration in the text.

Credit Line

Gift of Amy and Robert L. Poster

Accession Number

82.227.2

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Artists and makers

Indian

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