Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, from a Persian translation of the Bhagavata Purana, c. 1625

Date: 1700s
Medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Origin: Southern India, Deccan
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art

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