INDIAN<br/> <em>Krishna milking a cow</em> (c. 1885) <!-- (recto) --><br /> watercolour, ink and silver paint on paper over charcoal (Kalighat school)<br /> 44.8 x 27.8 cm (image and sheet)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1953<br /> 3036B-4<br /> <!--42745-->
INDIAN
Krishna milking a cow (c. 1885)
watercolour, ink and silver paint on paper over charcoal (Kalighat school)
44.8 x 27.8 cm (image and sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1953
3036B-4

Krishna

Love and Devotion

Free entry

NGV International

Asian Art Temporary Exhibition, Mezzanine

6 Oct 07 – 16 Mar 08

Krishna is one of the most popular of the Hindu gods worshipped throughout Asia and in particular India. The exhibition Krishna: Love and Devotion will explore Krishna iconography, through approximately 70 works including paintings, sculpture, textiles, photography, and jewellery.

The scope of the exhibition includes both historical and contemporary interpretations of Krishna worship and devotion, and explores the narrative of Krishna’s life story in works from across India.

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Select Works

MITHRAM
Folio from a Bhagavata Purana: Yashoda nursing the child Krishna (c. 1525-1550)
opaque watercolour on paper
14.0 x 22.4 cm (image) 18.1 x 24.1 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1976
AS26-1976
 INDIAN
Krishna enters the river Jumna (c. 1730)
from a Rasikapriya series (c. 1730)
opaque watercolour and gold paint on wasli paper
25.4 x 16.0 cm (image) 31.0 x 19.4 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1980
AS122-1980
 INDIAN
Krishna milking a cow (c. 1885)
watercolour, ink and silver paint on paper over charcoal (Kalighat school)
44.8 x 27.8 cm (image and sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1953
3036B-4