anonymous
Krishna Uprooting the Arjuna Trees
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the work
The tenth book of the Bhagavatapurana portrays the young Krishna in endearing ways. Here, he is seen dragging a mortar and uprooting two trees to free two demi-gods from their cursed metamorphosis. Typical for this manuscript, the inscriptions written in white identify the main characters, who are often depicted more than once on the same folio. The corresponding text is given on the verso.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-T-1993-422
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 7 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
