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Miniature painting of a couple embracing on a green path through a flowering grove at sunset, with peacocks and birds below and a red gold-patterned border.

Radha and Krishna Walk in a Flowering Grove

A embracing couple, Radha in an orange skirt and Krishna in blue with a crown, walks along a green path between flowering trees and rocky hills under a sunset sky. Peacocks and white birds fill the lower corners, and a gold-ruled red border frames the miniature painting.

Artist
the Kota Master
Date
ca. 1720 (recto); ca. 1750–75 (verso)
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2388 × 3412 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1785).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2003

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