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"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

Maker not identified

Date
ca. 1590–95
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
H. 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm) W. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Object type
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Codices
Country
present-day Pakistan
Object number
28.63.1
Credit line
Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1928
Gallery
463
Original Met record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Animals
  • Mountains
  • Krishna
  • Men

The Met object ID 448183. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.