Prior post. Here's a larger version of it, which makes clear that what I thought was a blue infant is not an infant at all!
I found it at Wikipedia while searching for images of nagini - I figured it had to be an Indian (not Persian) image and after discussing it with Mr. Don, went on the hunt. Here is the information on the image:
Artist | Indischer Maler um 1640 |
Title | English: Krishna dances over the subdued Kaliya Naag in river Yamuna, while his wives are praying to Krishna for his mercy. Also seen on the banks are people of Gokula, Krishna's father Nanda Baba and his brother Balarama. From a Bhagavata Purana manuscript, c. 1640. Deutsch: Bhâgavata-Purâna-Manuskript, Szene: Krishna bezwingt die Schlange Kaliya Русский: Бхагавата-Пурана: Кришна танцует на головах Змея Калии |
Date | Deutsch: um 1640 English: c. 1640 |
Medium | Deutsch: Papier |
Dimensions | Deutsch: 34,4 × 21,6 cm |
Current location | Deutsch: Museum |
Deutsch: Kotah | |
Notes | Deutsch: Buchmalerei, Bûndî-Schule |
Source/Photographer | The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. |
Permission (Reusing this file) | [1] |
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