Man-Har Krishna (Charming Krishna)
The blue-skinned boy Krishna stands gazing lovingly at the viewer, affording the viewer a pure experience of seeing the divine (darshan). A green parrot, willingly held by Krishna, pecks at his chin, expressing the love of the divine offered by a devotee (bhakta). The child-god is bejeweled in the Rajasthani-taste of the day, wears a peacock feather plume in his hair, and sports a flute nonchalantly tucked into his dhoti, foretelling his teenage exploits with the cow-maids (gopis), whom he charms from their homes (and husbands) at night with its playing. The artist Narottam Narayan Sharma was a renowned Jodhpur painter of devotional images of Krishna.
Artwork Details
- Title: Man-Har Krishna (Charming Krishna)
- Artist: Narottam Narayan Sharma (Indian, active 1930s–1950s)
- Date: 1934–40
- Culture: India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur
- Medium: Photo-offset lithograph on paper printed in Germany
- Dimensions: Image (excluding text): 18 5/8 × 13 1/8 in. (47.3 × 33.3 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (50.1 × 34.9 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, Peter Louis and Chandru Ramchandani Gift, 2018
- Object Number: 2018.277
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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