Fluitspelende Krishna (Venugopala)

anonymous, 1600 - 1800

Krishna playing the flute India, West Bengal 18th century Bronze Hindu god Krishna lived on earth as a cowherd. He charmed shepherdesses with his fluteplaying. Given by Mr and Mrs Hülsmann-Stork

  • Artwork typefigure, sculpture, Krishna
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1285
  • Dimensionsheight 23.2 cm x width 8.1 cm x depth 5.4 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Fluitspelende Krishna (Venugopala)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1285

  • Description

    Fluitspelende Krishna; fluit ontbreekt; rechterbeen over het linker geslagen.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Bengalen

  • Dating

    1600 - 1800

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 23.2 cm x width 8.1 cm x depth 5.4 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Mr and Mrs Hülsmann-Stork, 1976)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; donated by Mr and Mrs Hülsmann-Stork to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1976;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1976

Documentation

    • Cat. tent. Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections, Los Angeles 1968, cat. nrs. 92, 93.
    • 'Collectie: de Heer en Mevrouw Hülsmann-stork. Geschenk', Bulletin van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst. Derde Serie 24 (1980), pp. 4-34 (nr. 26, afb. 14).
    • Cat. tent. Skulpturen aus India, München, cat.nr. 92.
    • R.E. Bunabanger, The everyday art of India, 1968, p. 112.

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