RADHA AND KRISHNA ON A BED OF LEAVES
INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, NAHAN, CIRCA 1830
£4,032
Auction: Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | Lots 84 to 152 | 12 June at 10am
Description
unfinished painting, pencil, ink and gouache on paper, depicting the pair of lovers, naked save for a transparent orange veil that barely disguises Radha’s nudity, below them Krishna’s discarded yellow cloth which covers the bed of leaves, all set within a pavilion amongst trees and storm clouds above, oval, mounted
Dimensions
Folio: 26.1cm x 19.4 cm (10 2/8in x 7 6/8in).
Footnote
Note:
For a very similar composition that is published from the Archer collection, see W. G. Archer, Visions of Courtly India, The Archer Collection of Pahari Miniatures, Washington, 1976, no. 79.