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Krishna Ferrying Radha Across the Yamuna River

c. 1890
Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

This image is taken from popular dramas where Krishna, lover of the cowgirls ( gopis ), disguises himself as a boatman to ferry a demure Radha, his favorite gopi. It depicts devotion and the intensity of separated lovers. The painting includes an image of another woman, dressed in white with shorn hair, possibly a widow. Krishna is portrayed as sporting a mustache and has a Prince Albert hairstyle.

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