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Lord Krishna

1950s
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 251
This print depicts a celestial image of Krishna floating on a sunburst within rolling cloud formations. The artist presents Krishna as a young child, which would have evoked a maternal sentiment among devotees. The primordial syllable “Om,” representing a higher reality, appears in the clouds beneath the god. A temple on the shoreline resembles Dwarkadhish Temple at Dwarka, on the banks of the Gomti River in Gujarat, an important temple on the Char Dham pilgrimage circuit. A devotional Sanskrit verse (shloka) spoken by Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita appears beneath the image: “Whenever there is a decline in righteousness, Bharata, and an increase in wickedness, at that time, I manifest myself.”

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Lord Krishna
  • Date: 1950s
  • Culture: India, Mumbai
  • Medium: Photo-offset lithography
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
    Image: 4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (11.4 × 8.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of John and Fausta Eskenazi, 2025
  • Object Number: 2025.269.16
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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