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Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin

(from 2nd Feb until 22nd Apr 2012)

Explore the remarkable collection of Indian paintings and drawings of the artist Howard Hodgkin.

Detail of Maharaja Dhiraj Singh riding, Raghugarh, India, c.1700 (Museum No: LI118.34)
Maharaja Raj Singh of Juniafront

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Maharaja Raj Singh of Junia

  • loan

  • Description

    Raj Singh appears within a roughly sketched jharoka window, used by rulers to show themselves to their people. Wearing the tall turban of the Rathor clan, he holds a rose heightened with colour like his lips and jewellery. This large portrait shows a fluent mastery in its drawing and restrained modelling of face and costume. A closely related painting is in a Jaipur private collection.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › Ajmer district › Junia (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1698
    Artist/maker
    attributed to Chand (active late 17th century - c. early 18th century) (artist)
    Associated people
    Raj Singh, Maharaja of Junia (active c. 1698) (subject)
    Material and technique
    brush drawing with gold and pigment on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 63.9 x 58.1 x 1.7 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 53.4 x 47.9 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    drawn (image) › line drawing › brush drawing,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.33

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 87 on p. 206, illus. p. 207

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    • Returned to lender

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