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Krishna Comes to Visit Radha

Attributed to: Natthu
Indian, Rajasthani
1694/95––or earlier––
Object Place: Bikaner, Rajasthan, Northern India

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor, silver and gold on paper
Dimensions Overall: 19.8 x 13.8 cm (7 13/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number17.73
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsObverse: Persian with date to Samvat 151 (=1694) and ascription to Natthu. Reverse: "Kam Natthuro, A2, Samvat 151" (Natthu is name of a Bikaner painter, A2 represents a rank in a librarian's quality-grading system)
ProvenancePurchased by MFA in 1917, with Ananda Coomaraswamy serving as agent.