TWO STANDING PORTRAITS OF RAJPUT MAHARAJAS
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Marwar (Jodhpur), Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, comprising a standing portrait of Maharaja Gaj Singh Rathore, ruler of Marwar (7 September 1619 – 6 May 1638), with a light blue halo around his head, wearing a white turban and long robe with an ochre yellow top, holding a long tulwar sword in on hand, set in bright red borders, the reverse with a black ink Devanagari inscription at the top identifying the sitter, 26cm x 17.6cm; and another similar standing portrait of a Rajput ruler, 25cm x 19.5cm.