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Cover art · storm

A Serpent Protects Vasudeva Taking His Infant Son Krishna to Safety

Unknown artist, c. 1890.

A Serpent Protects Vasudeva Taking His Infant Son Krishna to Safety
A Serpent Protects Vasudeva Taking His Infant Son Krishna to Safety — Cleveland Museum of Art

Using it on a cover

The print file prints up to 6.5 x 11.3 in at 300 ppi — enough for a full 6 x 9 in front cover. Taller than a 6 x 9 cover: crop about 14% of the height.

About the work

In the dead of night, Krishna was born to parents who were imprisoned by his evil uncle, the usurper King Kamsa. While a goddess compelled the guards to sleep, Krishna’s father, Vasudeva, in the middle of a storm, spirited the newborn to safety in a cowherd village, where he exchanged Krishna for another infant. In the morning, Kamsa murdered the infant he thought was the child of Vasudeva, and Krishna lived to be raised by the herders.

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