Artist Unknown artist | Year circa 1760 | |
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Type Opaque watercolor on paper Dimensions 28 cm × 20 cm (11 in × 7.9 in) Location National Museum, New Delhi Similar Lion Capital of Ashoka, Bani Thani, Travelers among Mountain | ||
Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion is an 18th-century Indian painting depicting the two Hindu deities Krishna and Radha engaged in sexual intercourse.
The painting is the example of Pahari painting used in Gardner's Art Through the Ages:
"In Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion, the lovers sit naked on a bed beneath a jeweled pavilion in a lush garden of ripe mangoes and flowering shrubs. Krishna gently touches Radha's breast while gazing directly into her face. Radha shyly averts her gaze. It is night, the time of illicit trysts, and the dark monsoon sky momentarily lights up with a lightning flash indicating the moment's electric passion. Lightning is a standard symbol used in Rajput and Pahari miniatures to symbolize sexual excitement."
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