KRISHNA WATCHES A MAIDEN STANDING ON A SWING

Good and stable overall condition. The painting has a wide beige folio border with inscription in gold ink on the top margin not seen in catalog illustration. There is wear to pigment all along the left, right and bottom edges of the painting clearly visible in catalog illustration. Slight staining to the green ground and abrasions to pigment on the green and white areas are all visible in catalog illustration. This lot is exhibited in a temporary frame.
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A maiden stands on a swing supported by very thin cords by a branch of a slender fully-leaved sapling.  Her orange skirt moving slightly from the swing's movement.  She is aware of Krishna's gaze from an upper window of a pavilion but stares forward.  A peacock caws.  Against a moss-green hillside, plantain leaves blooming in the distance. A flight of white birds cross the dark blue sky.

For a relatable subject, depicting an onlooking lord instead of a handmaiden see the Art Institute of Chicago (from the McNear Collection) accession no. 1998.189.