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Maharao Ratan Singh with courtiersfront

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Maharao Ratan Singh with courtiers

  • Description

    This is a posthumous portrait of Ratan Singh of Bundi (r.1607-1631), chief of the Hara Rajput clan, conversing with a courtier. At the end of his reign a division of the Bundi kingdom took place, creating the adjoining kingdom of Kota.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › south Rajasthan › Kota (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1670
    Associated people
    Ratan Singh, Maharao of Bundi (ruled 1607 - 1631) (subject)
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    mount 55.3 x 40.1 cm (height x width)
    painting 26 x 17.5 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 1986.
    Accession no.
    EA1986.58

  • Further reading

    London: Indar Pasricha Fine Arts, 1986, Paintings from the Rajput Courts, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (London: Indar Pasricha Fine Arts, 1986)

Location

    • currently in research collection

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