Nitai and Gaur

Date

c. 1890

Medium

Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper

Origin

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Nearest in the field

• Goddesses Lakshmi and Sarasvati (verso), from a Kalighat album
• Balarama and Krishna
• Krishna Stroking Radha's Feet
• Diana or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt
• Barber Cleaning a Woman’s Ear
• Vaishnava Devotee with Two Women
• Maid bringing a hookah to a lady (recto), from a Kalighat album
• Rama and Sita enthroned with Lakshmana and Hanuman attending, from a Kalighat album

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