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| Keywords: Episodes Surrounding the Birth of Krishna.jpg This painting illustrates the Bhagavata Purana an ancient text dedicated to the Hindu god Krishna who lived on earth as a prince Before Krishna ™s birth his evil uncle Kamsa received an omen that he would be killed by a nephew and had all his sister ™s children killed To avoid having their new baby meet the same fate Krishna ™s parents sent him away and presented Kamsa with a decoy infant who was actually a goddess in disguise This painting shows Krishna ™s mother sleeping with the decoy infant at the right and Kamsa killing the infant by smashing it against a rock at the center As soon as Kamsa kills the child the goddess rises up from its body seen here and Kamsa knows that his nephew is still alive The painting is from Mewar the region surrounding the city of Udaipur where a large workshop of artists made elaborate manuscript paintings that are flat and graphic but highly legible late 17th-early 18th century Opaque watercolor on paper Overall 10 1/8 x 15 15/16 in 25 7 x 40 5 cm Institution Brooklyn Museum object history credit line Gift of Emily Manheim Goldman accession number 1991 180 10 Illustrated manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana http //www brooklynmuseum org/opencollection/labs/splitsecond/painting php id 154 PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard 17th-century Mughal miniatures Paintings of Bala Krishna Bhagavata Purana 17th-century paintings from India in the Brooklyn Museum Small images Kamsa | ||||
