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Radha, the Beloved of Krishna
| Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
|---|---|
| Artist | Anonymous |
| Organization | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Spatial Coverage | Kishangarh Rajasthan |
| Temporal Coverage | Circa 1750 |
| Description | In this idealized portrait of Krishna’s beloved, Radha, her features reflect metaphors of beauty found in Sanskrit literature: eye like a lotus flower, eyebrow like a bow, chin like a mango stone and sharp nose like a parrot’s beak. This stylization stands in sharp contrast to the Mughal-influenced style, which had flourished in the small Kingdom of Kishangarh two decades earlier, and demonstrates the radical aesthetic departures of the court painter Nihal Chand, who developed a distinctive “Rajput” style for his patron. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication |
| Use Rights URL | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed |
| Subject Keyword | Kishangarh Metropolitan Museum of Art Portrait Radha Rajasthan Woman Painting Rajput Miniature |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Painting |