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Painting studies · 18

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The reference works belong to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection and are not offered for sale here. Records and images use the museum’s CC0 open-access release; there is no museum partnership. Sources and methodology.

c. 1868–1912 · Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Kannon

Artist not recorded · hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; inscription in gold ink on silk

mid-1300s–1400s · Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1333–92) to Muromachi period (1392–1573)

Kasuga Deer Mandala

Artist not recorded · hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk

early 1300s · Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)

Kasuga Shrine Mandala

Artist not recorded · Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk

c. 1750 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Kausa Ragaputra of Malkos, from a Ragamala

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1720 · Southern India, Andhra Pradesh

Khadgaroma, Son of Ravana

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, ink, and hand-colored silver paper appliqué on paper

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Khalis repays the prince for his kindness by changing into a snake and sucking the poison from the king’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night

Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1760–70 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

King Bana in his court, from an Usha-Aniruddha

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and ink on paper

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

King Bhojaraja tries in vain to ascertain the whereabouts of the pearl from the four travelling companions, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night

Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1475–1500 · Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century

King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala Sit Alone to Discuss Her Dreams, Folio 24 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1720 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

King Vikrama summons Madhava, folio 15 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

Artist not recorded · gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1734 · France

Kitchen Utensils with Leeks, Fish, and Eggs

Jean-Siméon Chardin (French, 1699–1779) · oil on canvas

c. 1700–1725 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Krishna and Balarama touching the feet of Vasudeva and Devaki, from the “Vertical” Bhagavata Purana

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, gold, and silver on paper

c. 1775 · Nepal, Kathmandu

Krishna and Satyabhama Storm the Citadel of Naraka, folio 97 from a Bhagavata Purana

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and ink on paper

c. 1720–30 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota

Krishna and the Gopis Gather for Rasamandala

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

1705–10 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

Krishna asks for sweets, from a Sursagar of Surdas (Indian, c. 1480–1580)

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1750–60 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Krishna Awaiting Radha

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1790 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Krishna being dressed in women’s clothes for the spring festival Holi

Artist not recorded · Ink and gum tempera on paper

c. 1770 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Krishna celebrates Holi

Artist not recorded · gum tempera, gold, and silver on paper

c. 1890 · Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Krishna Ferrying Radha Across the Yamuna River

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper

c. 1780–90 · Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra

Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan

Artist not recorded · gum tempera and gold on paper

1700s · Southern India, Deccan

Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, from a Persian translation of the Bhagavata Purana, c. 1625

Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1770 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Krishna Playing with the Gopis in the Yamuna

Artist not recorded · gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1525–40 · Northern India

Krishna sporting with the gopis in the Jumna River, from a Bhagavata Purana

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and ink on paper

c. 1890 · Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis) (recto), from a Kalighat album

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper