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Krishna Under a Canopy

c. 1680
Gum tempera and gold on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Krishna holds a scepter, or mace, which is one of the weapons of the god Vishnu, of whom he is an incarnation.

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