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Krishna's Favorite Reaches for Him but He has Vanished
Attributed to: The Family of Nainsukh
Indian, Pahari
late 18th century
Object Place: Kangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Ink and charcoal on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 20.7 x 28.6cm (8 1/8 x 11 1/4in.)
Image: 20.7 x 28.6 cm (8 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Image: 20.7 x 28.6 cm (8 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2448
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscription on reverse in Sanskrit, in Devanagari script, translated by Coomaraswamy in Rajput Painting catalogue: "So saying, he spake to the dear one, 'Come on to my shoulder,' and then disappeared: and she, left lacking, suffered torment." (Sanskrit: Evamuktah priyamaha skandha aruhyatam iti / Talascantardadhe krsah sa vaduranvatapyat. 38)
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)