Giri Govardhan, Krishna raising Mount Govardhan, Illustration from Gita Govinda
It is part of an extensive series commissioned by a lady of the Royal house of Basohli, a devotee of Vishnu and herself a poetess who wrote under the pen-name Manaku. It was a common practice for the royal poetesses to write under a pen-name. This miniature belongs to the well-known set of paintings, which has now come to be known as Manaku series.
Period:
1730 AD
Measurement:
21.3 cm x 30.7 cm
Accession Number:
NCM 274
Category:
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Style:
Painting of paper