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Varsha Vihara
Krishna and his favorite shelter from a storm
Varsha Vihara
Attributed to: The Family of Nainsukh
Indian, Pahari
about 1825
Object Place: Kangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 29.7 x 21.1cm (11 11/16 x 8 5/16in.)
Other (Image only): 16.9 x 24.4 cm (6 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Other (Image only): 16.9 x 24.4 cm (6 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2614
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsReverse: at top, in Devanagari, cut off at end: "ke ki ke pukar dharavat ki dhukar mahan jhili jjhukardagaparrtan meri he..." Translated into English in AKC's hand below: "Crying of peahens, crying of yokels, shrill crickets cry; hath felt not be me, O..."
ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)