Krishna avatar

Krishna avatar

Unknown

1850

paint

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This painting shows a blue-skinned man playing a flute while standing on a floating white cow. A woman in a blue dress rides the cow, and another woman in red stands nearby. The background is bright green grass with a blue sky and three white moons. The text at the top and bottom is written in a script that looks like Hindi. The colors are bold and flat, with no shading to show depth. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more paintings like this.

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