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| Keywords: A painting from the Mahabharata Balabhadra fighting Jarasandha.jpg Artwork anonymous With Krishna in his yellow dhoti at lower left Balabhadra depicted five times speaking and fighting with King Jarasandha the army to the right and several onlookers in the background all surrounded by red and blue borders some figures with annotations 1810-20 Wasli wasli Deckende Pigmente und Gold auf Wasli Waslipapier cm 32 7 44 4 object history Provenance Doris Wiener Gallery New York; Collection of Melissa W Banta circa 1970 credit line Jarasandha the king of Magadh decided to attack Mathura to avenge the murder of his son-in-law Kamsa see lots 1346-1348 for further explication Knowing that Mathura could not withstand his army Krishna and Balarama challenged Jarasandha to a personal duel instead Jarasandha was fearful of Krishna's strength so to avoid him while saving his own ego he called Krishna a child and not worthy of a duel However he did agree to Balarama's challenge and was soundly defeated while Krishna obliterated his entire army The last repetition of Balarma also known as Balabhadra and Jarasandha which shows them seated at bottom is the moment in the story when Krishna has intervened in their duel to spare Jarasandha's life accession number A painting from the Mahabharata India Kangra or Garhwal circa 1810-20 Christie's online 5182903 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Paintings of Mahabharata Balarama Pahari painting Small images 1810s paintings from India Jarasandha | ||||
