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Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh ridingfront

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Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh riding

  • Description

    In this formal equestrian portrait, Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh (r.1778-1803) rides the caparisoned horse Dhajrao, against a plain coloured ground. His attendant bearing a chowry (yak-tail fan) has almost disappeared behind the horse.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Jaipur (place of creation)
    Date
    1782 - 1785
    Artist/maker
    Ramji Das (active c. 1755 - c. 1785) (artist)
    Associated people
    Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Jaipur (ruled 1778 - 1803) (subject)
    Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Jaipur (ruled 1778 - 1803) (commissioner)
    Material and technique
    gouache with gold and silver on paper
    Dimensions
    mount 55.5 x 40.2 cm (height x width)
    painting 37.9 x 26.7 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    paper,
    gold,
    silver
    Technique index
    painted,
    painted,
    painted,
    painted
    Object type index
    painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 1992.
    Accession no.
    EA1992.115

  • Further reading

    Topsfield, Andrew, Indian Paintings from Oxford Collections, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum in association with the Bodleian Library, 1994), no. 36 on p. 74, illus. p. 75

Location

    • currently in research collection

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