Krishna and Radha Quarreling: Shatha Nayaka, from a Rasikapriya
Unknown Artist
c. 1680
Medium
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Dimensions
page: 28.3 × 18.4 cm · miniature: 26.4 × 15.3 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Accession Number
2018.158
About this artwork
When Krishna returns home at dawn, having spent the night elsewhere, an infuriated Radha inquires about his whereabouts and accuses him of infidelity. Krishna, realizing the intensity of the situation, tries to assuage her with sweet words and compares her red eyes to lotus petals. The rising sun behind the thick foliage is suggestive of early dawn.