Jasoda, Radha and Krishna
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Jasoda, Radha and Krishna is a 1885 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, depicting Kalighat, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows three figures standing close together. The central woman wears a bright orange top and a long black skirt with yellow trim. She holds a small dark figure in one arm, while another woman stands to her right, dressed in yellow with dark hair. All three have simple, bold outlines and flat colors. The small dark figure looks like a child, and the central woman’s face is calm but serious. This style is part of the kalighat tradition, a type of Indian painting from the 19th century. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
The artwork is an opaque watercolour on paper painting from 1885, attributed to an unknown artist, depicting Jasoda holding Radha and the infant Krishna. The piece was acquired by the museum from Miss M. Steele in 1950, having been part of a collection inherited from her mother, a Sanskrit scholar at Cambridge in 1894. According to Miss Steele, the collection may have been originally gathered by her grandmother, who had lived in India.
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