Krishna as Kali, and Radha
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1885
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Krishna as Kali, and Radha is a 1885 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a dark-skinned figure with blue-black skin standing tall, wearing a bright yellow and orange outfit with a crown and jewelry. A smaller figure kneels in front, dressed in black and white stripes, holding something small. The standing figure has four arms—one holds a yellow object, another rests on their hip, and the others gesture or hold a face near their chest. The dark figure’s face is marked with white circles around the eyes, and the colors pop against the muted green background. The kneeling figure looks up with a calm expression. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more paintings like this.
The artwork is a painting created in 1885 using opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Krishna depicted as the goddess Kali, with Radha shown in worship. The piece was acquired in 1894 from Miss M Steele, whose mother, a Sanskrit scholar at Cambridge, had inherited the collection. It is suggested that the images may have been originally gathered by Steele’s grandmother, who had also spent time in India.
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