Bilvamangala series: Krishna Venerated by People and Animals (fol. no. 8) / India, Rajasthan, Mewar School / After

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Accession Number
1983/2.111
Title
Bilvamangala series: Krishna Venerated by People and Animals (fol. no. 8)
Artist Nationality
Indian
Object Creation Date
circa 1700
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
India (nation)
Rajasthan (state)
Marwar (inhabited place)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
India (nation)
Creation Place 3
Rajasthan (state)
Creation Place 4
Marwar (inhabited place)
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Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
album leaf
Secondary Object Classification
Books and Folios
Secondary Object Type
leaf
Physical Description
Ink, watercolor and gold on paper. Central figure, Vishnu with devotees on his right and left. Male figures are located on the left side of Vishnu and the female figures on the right. The animals are depicted on the lower half of the portrait which goes with traditional hierarchical beliefs. The tiger is on the left and the elephant on the right.
Subject Matter
Appart of a series of works by Bilvamangala, a devotee of Vishnu who wrote sets of devotional poems. The series as a whole presents scenes of Vishnu being worshipped in his many forms. Here he appears as Krishna, worshipped by gopis (cow-herders, identifiable by their sticks), women, a nonchalant tiger, and an elephant.
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"Bilvamangala series: Krishna Venerated by People and Animals (fol. no. 8); India, Rajasthan, Mewar School; After." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1983-sl-2.111/1983_2.111.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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