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Five Poses of Krishna Making Love, from a Bikaner Bhagavata Purana
c. 1600
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
When the Hindu god Vishnu incarnated as his human avatar Krishna, he spent his youth in a cowherd village. When he reached adolescence, the milkmaids were all drawn to him. A passage in the text explains that Krishna miraculously multiplied himself so he could be with each one individually, so they could experience the bliss of divine union.
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- Title: Five Poses of Krishna Making Love, from a Bikaner Bhagavata Purana
- Date Created: c. 1600
- Physical Dimensions: Miniature: 17.5 x 25.4 cm (6 7/8 x 10 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.187
- Medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Inscriptions: śrī ṭhākurā rī kṛḍā rā a. 131
- Fun Fact: Krishna can be seen making love on a swing in the central circle.
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner
- Credit Line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Collection: Indian Art
- Accession Number: 2018.187
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