Krishna Ferrying Radha Across the Yamuna River

Description

This image is taken from popular dramas where Krishna, lover of the cowgirls (gopis), disguises himself as a boatman to ferry a demure Radha, his favorite gopi. It depicts devotion and the intensity of separated lovers. The painting includes an image of another woman, dressed in white with shorn hair, possibly a widow. Krishna is portrayed as sporting a mustache and has a Prince Albert hairstyle.

Provenance

William E. Ward [1922-2004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?-2003); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2003-)

Krishna Ferrying Radha Across the Yamuna River

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c. 1890

Accession Number

2003.130

Medium

Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper

Dimensions

Painting only: 44.5 x 28.3 cm (17 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward