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Yasoda with Krishna Churning Butter
c. 1890
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Yashoda, wife of the head of the cowherd village, raised Krishna from infancy. She is shown here churning milk into butter, while the mischievous toddler Krishna tips his hand in the pot to steal the rich cream. Kalighat paintings were made for pilgrims to take home and keep on domestic shrines. Made swiftly on inexpensive paper, they are a genre of art available to a wide swath of people.
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- Title: Yasoda with Krishna Churning Butter
- Date Created: c. 1890
- Physical Dimensions: Secondary Support: 51.3 x 35.6 cm (20 3/16 x 14 in.); Painting only: 45 x 27.8 cm (17 11/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: William E. Ward [1922–2004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.160
- Medium: watercolor, ink, graphite, and tin on paper
- Fun Fact: The Hindu god Krishna eats butter, like the sacrificial fire into which Brahman priests pour ghee.
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Eastern India, Kolkata, Kalighat
- Credit Line: Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
- Collection: Indian Art
- Accession Number: 2003.160
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