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
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- 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)
- Dimensions
- ()
- Century
- late 17th - early 18th century
- 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.
- Secondary Keywords
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- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
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- components by specific context
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- images and ornament
- information form components
- layout features
- mammals
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 833 x 1013
- File Size
- 97 KB
- Record
- 1983/2.111
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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 May 08, 2024.