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![Two distinct registers divide a page in half. At the top, a yellow-orange colored nude jina sits in lotus position upon a three tiered throne [a patterned blue level at the bottom on feet, with an orange section with gold and red decoration and a green level at the top with gold vertical stripes]. He sits against a red background adorned with a pattern of three white dots. The background takes the shape of an elegant cusped arch with a green and white pattern along its outside with a gold pattern at its sides. To the right of the seated figure a nude Digambara monk sits with his legs folded and one knee up on a less elaborate throne with a lota or pot at the corner and a crossed bookstand to the side holding a book with some devanagari writing on it. He raises his right arm and holds his left to his ear.<br />
Placed under a band of curving yellow stripes, the bottom register represents animals in a landscape. At the bottom are clumps of grass with four stylized mountain forms in blue at the right. Above the](/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDUvMjUvMXoxZ2ZnNHN6Zl9kZWZhdWx0LmpwZyJdLFsicCIsInRodW1iIiwiMjQweDIwMCJdXQ?sha=54d3764ea6247e3b "Two distinct registers divide a page in half. At the top, a yellow-orange colored nude jina sits in lotus position upon a three tiered throne [a patterned blue level at the bottom on feet, with an orange section with gold and red decoration and a green level at the top with gold vertical stripes]. He sits against a red background adorned with a pattern of three white dots. The background takes the shape of an elegant cusped arch with a green and white pattern along its outside with a gold pattern at its sides. To the right of the seated figure a nude Digambara monk sits with his legs folded and one knee up on a less elaborate throne with a lota or pot at the corner and a crossed bookstand to the side holding a book with some devanagari writing on it. He raises his right arm and holds his left to his ear.<br />
Placed under a band of curving yellow stripes, the bottom register represents animals in a landscape. At the bottom are clumps of grass with four stylized mountain forms in blue at the right. Above the")
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Bilvamangala series: Krishna Venerated by People and Animals (fol. no. 8)
Accession Number
1983/2.111
Title
Bilvamangala series: Krishna Venerated by People and Animals (fol. no. 8)
Artist(s)
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
Object Creation Date
circa 1700
Medium & Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
( );19 3/8 in x 14 3/8 in (49.21 cm x 36.51 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
Label copy
Gallery Rotation Winter 2013
Krishna Venerated by People and Animals
Folio 8 from a dispersed Bilvamangala series
India, Rajasthan, Udaipur
circa 1700
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel, 1983/2.111
Among the many texts illustrated in Udaipur in the early eighteenth century were works by Bilvamangala, a devotee of Vishnu who wrote sets of devotional poems. The illustrations were often commissioned as an act of devotion. The series as a whole presents scenes of Vishnu being worshipped in his many forms. Here he appears as Krishna, worshipped by gopis (cow-herders, identifiable by their sticks), women, a nonchalant tiger, and an elephant.
Udaipur was the political and artistic center of Mewar, a powerful Rajput kingdom that successfully resisted the Mughals until the early seventeenth century, when it was brought into the Mughal political fold. By the end of that century, however, when this work was made, the style of Mewari painters showed little Mughal influence.
Subject matter
Appart of a series of works by Bilvamangala, a devotee of Vishnu who wrote sets of devotional poems. The series as a whole presents scenes of Vishnu being worshipped in his many forms. Here he appears as Krishna, worshipped by gopis (cow-herders, identifiable by their sticks), women, a nonchalant tiger, and an elephant.
Physical Description
Ink, watercolor and gold on paper. Central figure, Vishnu with devotees on his right and left. Male figures are located on the left side of Vishnu and the female figures on the right. The animals are depicted on the lower half of the portrait which goes with traditional hierarchical beliefs. The tiger is on the left and the elephant on the right.
Primary Object Classification
Unbound Work
Primary Object Type
leaf
Additional Object Classification(s)
Painting
Collection Area
Asian
Rights
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Keywords
Hinduism
figures (illustrations)
1983/2.111
Title
Bilvamangala series: Krishna Venerated by People and Animals (fol. no. 8)
Artist(s)
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
Object Creation Date
circa 1700
Medium & Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
( );19 3/8 in x 14 3/8 in (49.21 cm x 36.51 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
Label copy
Gallery Rotation Winter 2013
Krishna Venerated by People and Animals
Folio 8 from a dispersed Bilvamangala series
India, Rajasthan, Udaipur
circa 1700
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel, 1983/2.111
Among the many texts illustrated in Udaipur in the early eighteenth century were works by Bilvamangala, a devotee of Vishnu who wrote sets of devotional poems. The illustrations were often commissioned as an act of devotion. The series as a whole presents scenes of Vishnu being worshipped in his many forms. Here he appears as Krishna, worshipped by gopis (cow-herders, identifiable by their sticks), women, a nonchalant tiger, and an elephant.
Udaipur was the political and artistic center of Mewar, a powerful Rajput kingdom that successfully resisted the Mughals until the early seventeenth century, when it was brought into the Mughal political fold. By the end of that century, however, when this work was made, the style of Mewari painters showed little Mughal influence.
Subject matter
Appart of a series of works by Bilvamangala, a devotee of Vishnu who wrote sets of devotional poems. The series as a whole presents scenes of Vishnu being worshipped in his many forms. Here he appears as Krishna, worshipped by gopis (cow-herders, identifiable by their sticks), women, a nonchalant tiger, and an elephant.
Physical Description
Ink, watercolor and gold on paper. Central figure, Vishnu with devotees on his right and left. Male figures are located on the left side of Vishnu and the female figures on the right. The animals are depicted on the lower half of the portrait which goes with traditional hierarchical beliefs. The tiger is on the left and the elephant on the right.
Primary Object Classification
Unbound Work
Primary Object Type
leaf
Additional Object Classification(s)
Painting
Collection Area
Asian
Rights
If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit http://umma.umich.edu/request-image for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Keywords
Hinduism
figures (illustrations)
