Krishna and the herdsmen, North India, Upper Punjab, Pahari school, Kangra or Guler, early 19th century. Black ink drawing heightened with watercolor depicting a hillside landscape in which the crowned god Krishna, his shoulders covered with a long shawl, gives instructions to master cowherds on how to drive a herd of cows. Behind them, cowherds are engaged in various activities, such as chatting, frog fishing and playing with monkeys perched in trees. In the right and upper margins, devanagari inscriptions in black ink, including the number 38. Drawing size: 20.8 x 31 cm; overall size: 28.5 x 38.3 cm Page glued to one sheet, minor accidents, a few stains. Provenance: Acquired from Mr. Enrico Isacco, Galerie Marco Polo, Paris, 1970s. The subject and composition of this drawing are extremely close to a gouache in the Galerie Marco Polo, Paris, attributed to Kangra around 1820. See: ISACCO, Enrico (ed.), Krishna l'amant divin, mythes et légendes dans l'art indien, Edita Vilo, Lausanne, 1982, n°31 p. 40. Provenance: Former collection of a Paris researcher (Part I).