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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.135
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Maharaja Ram Singh II of Jaipur (r. 1835-80) at Worship
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1870
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310445

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
20.5 x 15.4 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
framed: 48.58 x 38.42 x 2.54 cm (19 1/8 x 15 1/8 x 1 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift in gratitude to John Coolidge, Gift of Leslie Cheek, Jr., Anonymous Fund in memory of Henry Berg, Louise Haskell Daly, Alpheus Hyatt, Richard Norton Memorial Funds and through the generosity of Albert H. Gordon and Emily Rauh Pulitzer; formerly in the collection of Stuart Cary Welch, Jr.
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.135
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stuart Cary Welch, Room for Wonder : Indian Painting During the British Period, 1760-1880, exh. cat., American Federation of Arts (New York, NY, 1978), Page 144-145/Figure 64
  • Sir Roy Strong, The Indian Heritage: Court Life and Arts Under Mughal Rule, exh. cat., Balding + Mansell (London, England, 1982), page 64/figure 159
  • Michael Brand, The Vision of Kings : Art and Experience in India, exh. cat., National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (New York, NY, 1995), Page 148/Figure 106
  • Anna Jackson, Amin Jaffer, and Deepika Ahlawat, ed., Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Court, Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2009), pp 96, fig. 79

Exhibition History

  • Indian Paintings from a Private Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/13/1983 - 12/11/1983
  • Rajasthani Miniatures: The Welch Collection at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, The Drawing Center, New York, 04/16/1997 - 06/07/1997
  • Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 10/10/2009 - 01/17/2010; Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 02/12/2010 - 05/24/2010

Verification Level

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