A Picchwai featuring Shrinathji and the Gopis

Description:

Northern India, early 20th century
121 x 113 cm (o. R.), 135 x 123 cm (m. R.)
The rectangular painting is depicting the blue Krishna in the centre standing on a pedestal with his hands grasping his floating scarf, elegantly dressed, bejewelled, his head topped with an elaborate hat surmounted by a fan, flanked to both sides by each a couple of dancing gopies, some Hindu deities in four boats above, the lower register with scenes of the blue Krishna admired by some gopies and male attendants in front of white coloured pavilions and bordered with cartouches containing mainly Krishna emanations.
From the collection of designer Hans Theo Baumann (1924-2016), acquired in the 1970s - Slightly worn, minro damages due to age