Krishna with Radha in a Forest Glade: Folio from the Second Guler Gita Govinda Series
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.In no other illustration for Jayadeva’s twelfth-century Gita Govinda are human emotions reflected in nature as vividly as they are in this series. The poem, one of the most important of the bhakti texts, explores the full range of human emotions through the story of the dalliance of Krishna and Radha. This scene portrays the first sensual engagement between the two lovers, which is set in a forest glade adjacent to the Yamuna River. It attests to the brilliance the painters achieved in capturing the various phases of love in their depictions of figures in natural settings. Nature, with its abundance of flowers, appears to be announcing the imminent consummation of their passion.
Artwork Details
- Title: Krishna with Radha in a Forest Glade: Folio from the Second Guler Gita Govinda Series
- Artist: First generation after Manaku and Nainsukh
- Date: ca. 1775
- Culture: India (Guler, Himachal Pradesh)
- Medium: Opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions: Page: 6 7/8 x 10 13/16 in. (17.5 x 27.5 cm)
Image: 6 9/16 x 10 1/16 in. (16.6 x 25.6 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Lent by the Collection of Barbara and Eberhard Fischer, on loan to the Museum Rietberg Zürich
- Rights and Reproduction: Collection Barbara and Eberhard Fischer, on loan to the Museum Rietberg
Zürich - Curatorial Department: Asian Art