Krishna and the Gopis, Mewar, Rajasthan, North India, early 18th...

Krishna and the Gopis, Mewar, Rajasthan, North India, early 18th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, Krishna depicted to left and playing hide and seek amongst the fruit trees with the gopis who cluster around him adoringly, a male figure with sword sits in a pavilion to upper right, and the figure of Brahma below him on a lotus flower, with 5ll. of black devanagari text on a yellow ground above, within a border of flowering vine on a red ground, 31 x 21.2cm.