«  Lord Krishna playing the flute " is an original painting by the artist Murugakani , intended to be reproduced for calendars sold in bazaars in India, at the beginning of the 20th century. Calendar art developed in India with the expansion of printers, who asked painters for vibrant, colorful originals to illustrate calendars. The images produced could depict Hindu deities, religious figures, places of pilgrimage, historical figures... and later advertisements for a wide variety of products. The visual imagery of Calendar Art is still present in Indian pop culture and continues to influence advertising, film production and contemporary artists, such is the ability of this style to capture the spirit and identity of the people.

Most of the 50 originals presented by Retour De Voyage are signed by the artist and noted by the printer on the back. This one is a polychrome gouache on cardboard with white edges, produced in the late '50s.

«  As a youth, the cowherd Krishna became renowned as a lover, the sound of his flute prompting the gopis (wives and daughters of the cowherds) to leave their homes to dance ecstatically with him in the moonlight. His favourite among them was the beautiful Radha »