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Image Not Available for Recto: Krishna with the Gopis. Verso: The Infants Krishna and Balrama in their Bath
Recto: Krishna with the Gopis. Verso: The Infants Krishna and Balrama in their Bath
Image Not Available for Recto: Krishna with the Gopis. Verso: The Infants Krishna and Balrama in their Bath

Recto: Krishna with the Gopis. Verso: The Infants Krishna and Balrama in their Bath

The Family of Nainsukh
late 18th century
Object PlaceKangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, perhaps with graphite
DimensionsOverall: 17.4 x 27 cm (6 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Image: 15.3 x 20.3 cm (6 x 8 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2474
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsObverse: in Devnagari, words on various elements of the painting ( to be read ). Reverse: in English, Bahadur Shah seal; in Devnagari, words on various elements of the painting ( to be read)ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)