Krishna Stealing Curds

Description

As a toddler growing up in a rural cowherding community, Krishna loved to eat the dairy products his parents attempted to keep out of his reach. With bold rounded contours and modeling, the blue-skinned Krishna totters precariously on a ladder, while his irate foster mother brandishes a stick at him.

Provenance

(J.J. Klejman [1906–1995], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1966); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1966–)

Krishna Stealing Curds

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late 1700s

Accession Number

1966.28

Medium

gum tempera and gold on paper

Dimensions

Overall: 27.7 x 19.3 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund