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Source Description
Though he may appear as a mere child playfully sucking on his toes, Krishna is in fact an incarnation of the powerful god Vishnu. This devotional image portrays a vision the sage Markandeya once had, when he saw the infant lying on a banyan leaf floating in the cosmic ocean. When Krishna revealed his true form, it was the all-pervading Vishnu, resting on the primordial waters between cosmic eras, when he gives rise to the re-creation of the universe.
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30144
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Cosmic Vishnu as Infant Krishna
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30144
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title
Cosmic Vishnu as Infant Krishna
description
Though he may appear as a mere child playfully sucking on his toes, Krishna is in fact an incarnation of the powerful god Vishnu. This devotional image portrays a vision the sage Markandeya once had, when he saw the infant lying on a banyan leaf floating in the cosmic ocean. When Krishna revealed his true form, it was the all-pervading Vishnu, resting on the primordial waters between cosmic eras, when he gives rise to the re-creation of the universe.
provenance
Hartman Gallery, New York; purchased by E. C. O'Dell, Baltimore, 1955; inherited by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, March 1981; given to Walters Art Museum, 2010.
date
16th-17th century
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CC0
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en
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Metal
sculpture (visual works)
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5
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5
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import
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cm
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8.3
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18.4
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11.1
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H: 3 1/4 × W: 7 1/4 × D: 4 3/8 in. (8.3 × 18.4 × 11.1 cm)
Source extras
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gilded copper alloy and gemstones
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2191
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INT
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2071
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