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Krishna Stealing Curds

late 1700s
gum tempera and gold on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Krishna’s brother Balarama holds a snake, since he is an incarnation of Vishnu’s cosmic serpent.

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