1995.78: Equestrian Portrait of Maharana Amar Singh II of Mewar (r. 1698-1710)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.78

Title

Equestrian Portrait of Maharana Amar Singh II of Mewar (r. 1698-1710)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1700-1710

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Udaipur

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/310636

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

31 x 26.7 cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
framed: 57.47 x 43.5 x 2.22 cm (22 5/8 x 17 1/8 x 7/8 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

1995.78

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Stuart Cary Welch and Milo Cleveland Beach, Gods, Thrones, and Peacocks Northern Indian Painting from Two Traditions, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1965), p. 72, fig. 28
• Milo Cleveland Beach, Mughal and Rajput Painting, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, 1992), p. 177, fig. 132
• Elizabeth Finch, ed., Rajasthani Miniatures: The Welch Collection from the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, exh. cat., The Drawing Center (New York, NY, 1997), p. 4; p. 43
• Andrew Topsfield, Court Painting at Udaipur: Art under the patronage of the Maharanas of Mewar, Museum Rietberg Zürich (Zürich, 2001), p. 124, fig. 96
• Milo Cleveland Beach, Eberhard Fischer, and B.N. Goswamy, ed., Masters of Indian Painting, exh. cat., Artibus Asiae Publishers (Zürich, 2011), p. 518, no. 39; p. 528, fig. 12

Exhibition History

• Indian Harvest: Part 1, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/30/1995 - 01/21/1996
• Rajasthani Miniatures: The Welch Collection at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, The Drawing Center, New York, 04/16/1997 - 06/07/1997
• Masters of Indian Painting, Museum Rietberg Zürich, Zurich, 04/30/2011 - 08/21/2011; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 09/26/2011 - 01/08/2012
• 32Q: 2590 South and Southeast Asia, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/02/2016 - 04/26/2017

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