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Krishna tells Radha's friend to bring Radha to him (Folio from the preparatory series of drawings for the "Second Guler" or "Tehri-Garhwal" Gita Govinda Guler, 1765-70)

Artist attributed to Nainsukh (Indian, b.1710, Guler - d.1778, Basohli)
Date1765-70
Mediumbrush drawing in red sanguine and black with white primer
Dimensionssheet: 7 5/8 × 11 in. (19.4 × 27.9 cm)
Classification(s)
  • EASTERN
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Karl E. Weston Memorial Fund
Object numberM.2023.9
InscribedInscribed on verso in Devanagari script with the Sanskrit text of Jaydeva's Gita Govinda, Canto V, v.1, and a Pahari paraphrase. Numbered 71 on recto and numbered 67 and 71 on verso.
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