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Miniature painting of blue Krishna in a tree above a red field, with women bathing in a wavy river and deer and palms below.

The Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing: Folio from "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana

Krishna, in blue, sits in a flowering tree above a red ground while women bathe in a dark, wave-patterned river below, some raising their arms toward him. Deer stand at the lower right beside stylized palms, and Devanagari script runs across the top of this Bhagavata Purana folio in opaque watercolor.

Artist
Master of the "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana
Date
ca. 1560–65
Medium
Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3855 × 2874 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1575).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of The H. Rubin Foundation Inc., 1972

Español: Las gopis suplican a Krishna que devuelva sus ropas, Bhagavata Purana

Krishna, vestido de azul, se sienta en un árbol florido sobre un fondo rojo, mientras las mujeres se bañan en un río oscuro de olas estilizadas, algunas levantando los brazos hacia él. Ciervos aparecen a la derecha inferior junto a palmeras estilizadas, y una escritura devanagari recorre la parte superior de este folio del Bhagavata Purana en acuarela opaca.

Português: As gopis pedem a Krishna que devolva suas roupas, Bhagavata Purana

Krishna, vestido de azul, senta-se em uma árvore florida sobre um fundo vermelho, enquanto mulheres se banham em um rio escuro de ondas estilizadas, algumas erguendo os braços em direção a ele. Veados aparecem à direita inferior, ao lado de palmeiras estilizadas, e uma escrita devanagari percorre a parte superior desta folha do Bhagavata Purana em aquarela opaca.

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