Axial Commons Image Treasury
Dark bronze statue of a seated woman holding a small child who reaches up toward her face, on a white pedestal.

Yashoda with the Infant Krishna, bronze sculpture

A seated female figure in dark copper alloy cradles a small child against her torso, the child's head tilted back as he reaches toward her face. She wears a beaded necklace, bangles, earrings, and a draped skirt, and rests on a white plinth against a plain grey backdrop.

Artist
Unknown
Date
early 12th century
Medium
Copper alloy
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3200 × 4000 px
Download full size
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1134).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · 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, Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, in honor of Cynthia Hazen and Leon B. Polsky, 1982

Gods and Epics of Indiahindu artcopper alloyseated figuremetropolitan museummother and childkrishnaindian sculpturetamil naduinfant krishna

More from Gods and Epics of India

A woman and a boy are looking at prints with the aid of a lens and mirror; an antique urn and a guitar in the background. Coloured stipple print by J.F. Cazenave after L.L. Boilly, ca. 1793.A woman and a boy are looking at prints with the aid of a lens and mirror; an antique urn Job rides on a turtle in front of his wife, his comforters and the devil. Engraving by D.V. Coornhert after M. van Heemskerck, 1559.Job rides on a turtle in front of his wife, his comforters and the devil. Engraving by D.VLakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity and the wife of Lord Vishnu. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity and the wife of Lord Vishnu. Gouache paintinRaja Balwant Singh’s Vision of Krishna and RadhaRaja Balwant Singh’s Vision of Krishna and RadhaKrishna playing the flute to cowgirls. Chromolithograph, 1882.Krishna playing the flute to cowgirls. Chromolithograph, 1882.Buddha ShakyamuniBuddha Shakyamuni