PICHWAI SCHOOL – SHREENATHJI WITH SACRED COWS – OIL ON CLOTH – C.1970s

A TRADITIONAL PICHWAI SCHOOL PAINTING DEPICTING SHREENATHJI (KRISHNA) STANDING WITHIN AN ORNAMENTAL ARCH, SURROUNDED BY A REPEATING PATTERN OF SACRED COWS SYMBOLIZING DEVOTION AND THE DIVINE ASSOCIATION OF LORD KRISHNA WITH GAU SEVA. THE CENTRAL FIGURE IS RICHLY ADORNED WITH ELABORATE JEWELRY, GARLANDS, AND TRADITIONAL VESTMENTS, RENDERED IN VIBRANT COLORS WITH EXTENSIVE USE OF GOLD TONING ON THE SURROUNDING COWS.

THE COMPOSITION REFLECTS THE CLASSIC PICHWAI TRADITION OF NATHDWARA, WHERE PAINTINGS WERE CREATED AS DEVOTIONAL BACKDROPS FOR TEMPLE SHRINES. THE SYMMETRICAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE COWS AND THE ORNAMENTAL FRAME AROUND THE DEITY CREATE A STRIKING AND DEVOTIONAL VISUAL EFFECT CHARACTERISTIC OF 20TH CENTURY PICHWAI WORKS.

CREATED CIRCA 1970s.

MEDIUM: OIL ON THIN CANVAS CLOTH

SIZE: 35 X 24 INCHES

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BOUGHT FROM A JAIPUR-BASED COLLECTORPRIVATE COLLECTION, LONDON