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Krishna Stealing Curds
late 1700s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
As a toddler growing up in a rural cowherding community, Krishna loved to eat the dairy products his parents attempted to keep out of his reach. With bold rounded contours and modeling, the blue-skinned Krishna totters precariously on a ladder, while his irate foster mother brandishes a stick at him.
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- Title: Krishna Stealing Curds
- Date Created: late 1700s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 27.7 x 19.3 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: (J.J. Klejman [1906–1995], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.28
- Medium: gum tempera and gold on paper
- Fun Fact: Krishna’s brother Balarama holds a snake, since he is an incarnation of Vishnu’s cosmic serpent.
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Indian Art
- Accession Number: 1966.28
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