A PORTRAIT OF MAHARANA RAJ SINGH II OF MEWAR (1743 - 1761)
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Mewar, Rajasthan, North-Western India, ca. 1750s - 1760s

Opaque pigments heightened with gold and iridescent beetle wings on paper, the vertical bust portrait depicting the haloed and bejewelled ruler facing right, reclining on a bolster and leaning on a jharokah (window parapet) adorned with a bright red brocaded textile with gilt floral decoration, holding a lotus bud in his left hand, wearing an orange turban and red tunic, an encrusted katar in his green sash, in double oval black rules, with yellow spandrels and wide red borders, the reverse with a line of black ink Devanagari script, 27.5cm x 23cm.

Dimensions: 27.5cm x 23cm