RM2H0Y2XJ–Yasoda with Krishna Churning Butter, c. 1890. Eastern India, Kolkata, Kalighat. Watercolor, ink, graphite, and tin on paper; secondary support: 51.3 x 35.6 cm (20 3/16 x 14 in.); painting only: 45 x 27.8 cm (17 11/16 x 10 15/16 in.). Yashoda, wife of the head of the cowherd village, raised Krishna from infancy. She is shown here churning milk into butter, while the mischievous toddler Krishna tips his hand in the pot to steal the rich cream. Kalighat paintings were made for pilgrims to take home and keep on domestic shrines. Made swiftly on inexpensive paper, they are a genre of art available
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