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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A GITA GOVINDA SERIES: Bowing before Radha outside her pavilion, Krishna mollifies his lover,
KRISHNA RECONCILES WITH RADHA who is furious at his philandering and threatens to chase him away
SCHOOL OF SAHIBDIN OR MANOHAR with a stick. But Radha cannot resist his supplication, nor her own
MEWAR, CIRCA 1630 love, and she acquiesces to continue their romance indoors; Krishna
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper; verso with a three- has disarmed her and the chamber glows red with passion once again.
line verse of devanagari text, numbered 271.
Image: 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (19 x 16.5 cm); The painting was produced by the royal atelier of Mewar during
Folio: 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (24.1 x 19.7 cm) the reign of Maharana Jagat Singh I (r.1628 -52), which was led by
the prominent artists Sahibdin and Manohar. Another Gita Govinda
$8,000 - 12,000 page ascribed to Manohar is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(1985.398.12). For other related works see Topsfield, Court Painting
“O you whose teeth are radiant, if you are genuinely angry with me, at Udaipur, Zurich, 2002, pp.53–84, and Topsfield, “Sahibdin”, in M.C.
then strike me with the sharp arrows of your glance. Bind me in the Beach (ed.), Masters of Indian Painting 1100-1650, Zurich, 2011,
ropes of your arms. Cut my lips with the biting of your teeth. Do pp.391–406, fig.1.
whatever will make you happy.”
(Jayadeva, Gita Govinda, verse 271) Provenance
Estate of William and Josephine Roth (1916-2014), San Francisco

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