Krishna Welcoming Sudama, from a Bhagavata Purana

A blue-skinned figure crowned and seated on a red-draped throne receives a visitor, while attendant women with fly whisks and a bearded, turbaned man stand nearby. The painting uses vivid red, yellow and blue with gold accents in a flat, decorative composition. Figures are arranged in tiers across a pale ground beneath a painted architectural band.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1700

Medium

Color and gold on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

4000 × 2366 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art