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A Brahmin gives Krishna the Message or Invitation for the Competition to Rukmini’s Svayamvara, from a Bhagavata Purana

Unknown artist

Maximum print size

55.6 × 48.0 cm · 21.9 × 18.9 in

at 300 DPI from the 6,583 × 5,660 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 16×20 inch frame.

Frame: 91.4 × 61.0 cm · 36.0 × 24.0 in
Mat opening: 55.6 × 48.0 cm · 21.9 × 18.9 in
Mat border, sides: 18.0 cm · 7.1 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 6.6 cm · 2.6 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: c. 1650–60
Medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper
Type: Painting
Origin: Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
Orientation: landscape
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art ↗

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