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Akrura Drives Krishna and Balarama to Mathura (Isarda Bhagavata Purana)

c. 1560-1570

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  • Title: Akrura Drives Krishna and Balarama to Mathura (Isarda Bhagavata Purana)
  • Date Created: c. 1560-1570
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall: 19.3 x 25.7 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/8 in.); with mat: 36.3 x 49 cm (14 5/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
  • Provenance: (N.V. Hammer, New York)
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.234
  • Medium: ink and color on paper
  • Inscriptions: recto across top: (translated) Akura having left the women weeping, rose up and drove the chariot.; verso: Fol. 38, Akura goes to Mathura
  • Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
  • Culture: India, Rajasthan (Delhi/Agra), 16th century
  • Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
  • Collection: Indian Art
  • Accession Number: 1971.234
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