INDIAN
Krishna milking a cow
(c. 1885)

Medium
watercolour, ink and silver paint on paper over charcoal (Kalighat school)

Measurements
44.8 × 27.8 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1953

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Calcutta, India

Inscription
inscribed in ink (in image) l.l.: Krishna the eighth / incarnation of Vishnu, / milking / the cow
inscribed in ink (in Devanagari script) (in image) l.r.:

Accession Number
3036B-4

Department
Asian Art

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Physical description
Asian painting

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INDIAN
Krishna milking a cow
(c. 1885)