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| Detail of “Radha and Krishna walking at night,” ca. 1775–80 |
Pahari painting in the 17th and 18th centuries, the focus of this exhibition, presented the Hindu gods in a variety of novel ways, providing royal patrons in the Punjab with new contexts in which to frame their relationship to divinity.
Find out more about ‘Seeing the Divine’ from the Met’s website. This picture comes from the series, which once comprised some 70 paintings, believed to be the earliest example of pahari painting – literally, ‘painting from the Punjab Hills’. The exhibition argues that such paintings provided the patrons who commissioned them with a new means of visualising their relationship with divinity, as the gods were presented variously as naughty children, compassionate lovers, and powerful protectors. [
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| “Radha and Krishna walking at night,” Folio from the “Second” or “Tehri Garhwal” Gita Govinda (Song of God), “Punjab Hills, kingdom of Kangra or Guler,” ca. 1775–80, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper,
(Promised Gift of Steven Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 2015. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) |
