The Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing, Page from a Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu) series, ca. 1610, India (Rajasthan, Bikaner), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Image: 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (17. 1 x 24. 8 cm) ; Page: 7 15/16 x 11 1/16 in. (20. 2 x 28. 1 cm), Paintings, Krishna sits high in a tree with the clothing he has playfully stolen from the bathing gopis (cow maids). They look on with love, praying for union with the god in a passionate expression of bhakti (devotional worship)