Detail View: The AMICA Library: The Infant Krishna Carried Across the Jumna River
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.93.3
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Mankot School
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian
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Creator Role:
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painter
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Mankot School
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Title:
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The Infant Krishna Carried Across the Jumna River
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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about 1720
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Creation Start Date:
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1710
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Creation End Date:
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1730
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Materials and Techniques:
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gouache on paper
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Style or Period:
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Mankot School
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Dimensions:
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H.10-7/8 x W.7 in.
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Component Measured:
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sight
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Measurement Unit:
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in
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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93.3
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Credit Line:
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The Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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This charmingly naive picture illustrates the scene from the Bhagavata Purana that occurs immediately after Krishna's birth. Because Kamsa, the wicked king of Mathura, threatened Krishna's life, the baby's father, Vasudeva, secretly took him to the countryside as soon as he was born. Here, rain falls from a dark night like strings of pearls. The swollen Jumna river threatens, but the multiheaded serpent Vasuki rises up to shield Vasudeva and his infant son from the downpour. The father struggles to cross the swirling torrent, shown here running diagonally to the left, while a roaring tiger offers protection on the opposite bank. After his foster parents, Yasoda and Nanda, raise Krishna, he returns to Mathura and slays King Kamsa. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.3986c.tif
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