Krishna Ferrying Radha Across the Yamuna River (recto)

c. 1890

Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper

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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.

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