- Title:
- Krishna Venugopala
- Object name(s):
- Figure
- Brief description:
- Krishna playing the flute. He stands on a lotus base with a beaded edging. He is naked except for jewellery, posed to play the flute in a style of Orissa between fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The figure is modelled with a graceful simplicity but with fine details and considerable sculptural quality from all angles. Brassy colour, moderate wear.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Religion
- Content - concept:
- Hinduism
- Content - person:
- Krishna
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2012FE4414/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 21.5
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- maximum
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 8.8
- Object history note:
- Given by E.L.Cappel, Esq., C.I.E.
- Object name:
- Figure
- Object number:
- IM.39-1936
- Object production date:
- 18th Century
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1700-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1800-12-31
- Object production note:
- Orissa, Eastern India
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Object production place:
- Odisha
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Krishna playing the flute. He stands on a lotus base with a beaded edging. He is naked except for jewellery, posed to play the flute in a style of Orissa between fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The figure is modelled with a graceful simplicity but with fine details and considerable sculptural quality from all angles. Brassy colour, moderate wear.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE4414
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE4415
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Technique:
- Copper alloy
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- KRISHNA PLAYING THE FLUTE Copper alloy Orissa, Eastern India c.18th century IM.39-1936
- Text date:
- 25/09/2000
- Text reason:
- Gallery label text
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- p.29
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