TWO PORTRAITS OF RAJPUT NOBLEMEN
Jaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, late 20th century

Opaque pigments, gold and ink on wove paper backed with old newspapers' cuttings, each portrait following the traditional canon and style of classical Rajasthani painting featuring a central nobleman, either standing or seated, smelling a flower or resting on a terrace against a large bolster, the line of black ink Devanagari characters at the top of each composition attributing the portraits to members of the Judev / Judeo Rajput clan, set within black rules, and ochre yellow and bold red borders, the largest 16.5cm x 23cm.