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Krishna and the gopas bathe in the Saraswati and pray to the goddess.
Gouache and gold on paper
Takri script above, Sanskrit inscription on verso
Pahari, Nalagarh? (1850s)
Schuler Auktionen, Zurich
Taking the baby to be Devaki's eighth child, Kamsa was about to throw her on a rock, but the girl rose into the air and taking her cosmic form, Yogamaya, warned Kamsa, "The eighth child, who shall kill you, has been born. He is in Gokul!
Raja Ravi Varma, 1890
#Janmashtami
Krishna slays Aghasura.
Depicted in two #SouthAsian painting traditions:
1. A Newari Vilampau painting from #Nepal, c late 19th century.
2. An #Odishan patachitra from Raghurajpur c 1970.
Rama, Balarama, and Krishna (?)
From a Newark Bilam Pau
#Nepal, 19th century
Nrisingha, Vamana, and Parasurama
From a Newari Bilam Pau
Gouache on cloth
Nepal, late 19th century
Saraswati and her Hamsa
From a Chitrakatha/Paithan series
Western Deccan , 1850-60
@harvartmuseums
The mid 19th century Paithan paintings are one of the greatest folk art traditions in India. The colours and the composition in this painting shows complete mastery of the style.
Gour-Nitai
Oil on Canvas
"Dutch" Bengal School
Osians Auction, Mumbai
"The painters of Early Bengal oils were inspired by European art but were not conversant with the grammar of naturalistic western painting. It was this nonfamiliarity that bred the best results."
#Bengal
"Instead of sweetmeats about a score of demons jumped out of the Handi"
From "The Indigent Brahman", Folk Tales of Bengal by Rev Lal Behari Day
Illustrated by Warwick Goble, 1912