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Krishna fluting, folio from a Dasavatar series by Attributed to the Master of the Court of Mankot

Krishna fluting, folio from a Dasavatar series

Attributed to the Master of the Court of Mankot · ca. 1730

Palette

Madder
27% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.8:1
Saffron
22% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.8:1
Taupe
19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Olive
18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Graphite
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.0:1
Linen
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.6:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Attributed to the Master of the Court of Mankot
Date
ca. 1730
Type
Painting
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Size
H x W (overall): 26 × 20.3 cm (10 1/4 × 8 in)
Place
Mankot, Uttarakhand state, India
Period
18th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 52, colourfulness 40

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler), Smithsonian. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Smithsonian Open Access marks it CC0 (descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access=CC0; online_media.media[0].usage.a). Europe: Made by Attributed to the Master of the Court of Mankot (death year unrecorded), made by 1730: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (Smithsonian Open Access usage is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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