Radha and Krishna

ca. 1730-1735

Painting, opaque watercolour, gold and beetle-wing fragments on paper, Gita Govinda illustration, Krishna approached by Radha and companion. Radha sits beneath a tree listening to her companion (sakhi) as she turns to watch Krishna at play with the cowgirls (gopis). Krishna in an orange dhoti stands with three gopis, his arms around two of them. The other offers him something from a bowl. Trees are shown in the centre and left; the river Jumna is at the bottom. Deep yellow background with mauve rocks, and two pairs of black bees shaped like dragonflies.