An Illustration depicting Radha enveloped in Krishna's embrace

Radha and Krishna are pictured in their bedchamber whose adjoining terrace opens out into a lotus pond with distant hills visible in the background  

The Cult of Krishna, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, August 2 - September 27, 1970

Image in excellent overall condition. Minor creases to boarders. Flaking to cartouche on left and abrasions on palmettes on all four corners. Colors brighter than catalogue illustration. Displayed in a temporary frame for exhibition.
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Sajnu was an artist who originally hailed from Kangra, but later migrated to the court of Raja Isvari Sen (r. 1788-1826), the ruler of Mandi. Sajnu was a master of the stylistic conventions of the Kangra Valley. His lyrical works are characterised by their exceptionally delicate treatment of facial features, an extensive use of white and a preoccupation with geometric compositional devices, all seen in the present work. 

W. G. Archer comments that in some cases Sajnu's jagged angular rhythms violate realism for geometric drama (W. G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, Vol. 1, 1973, p. 316). This is manifest in the plethora of canted forms cascading through the picture plane and even in the exaggerated crook of Krishna's arm within which Radha rests.

For other paintings by Sajnu or his circle, see W. G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, Vol. 2, London and New York, 1973, p. 360-367.