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Indian painting of two pairs of wrestlers grappling on a maroon background, one blue-skinned figure wearing a crown and yellow dhoti, beneath a gold inscription band.

Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana

Two pairs of wrestlers grapple on a maroon ground beneath a black band and pale blue stripes. At left a mustached wrestler in a red loincloth holds a blue-skinned figure in a crown and yellow dhoti; at right a green-loincloth wrestler faces a fair figure in a red skirt. A gold band above carries an inscription.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1650
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3752 × 3340 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1660).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin N. Haas, 1973

Español: Krishna y Balarama luchan contra los luchadores de Kamsa

Dos parejas de luchadores se enfrentan sobre un fondo granate, bajo una franja negra y líneas azul pálido. A la izquierda, un luchador con bigote y taparrabos rojo sujeta a una figura de piel azul con corona y dhoti amarillo; a la derecha, un luchador con taparrabos verde enfrenta a una figura clara con falda roja. Una banda dorada en la parte superior muestra una inscripción.

Português: Krishna e Balarama lutam contra os lutadores de Kamsa

Duas duplas de lutadores se enfrentam sobre um fundo bordô, sob uma faixa preta e listras azul-claras. À esquerda, um lutador de bigode e tanga vermelha segura uma figura de pele azul com coroa e dhoti amarelo; à direita, um lutador de tanga verde encara uma figura clara de saia vermelha. Uma faixa dourada no alto traz uma inscrição.

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