Yashoda Chastises Her Foster Son, the Youthful Krishna, page from a manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana
Unknown
c. 1600
Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper heightened with gold
Dimensions
Paper: 24.2 × 30 cm (9 1/2 × 11 13/16 in.); Image: 17.2 × 24.6 cm (6 3/4 × 9 11/16 in.)
Classification
watercolor
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
191321
About the Artist
Unknown
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