16th Jul, 2021 12:00

Islamic & Indian Paintings: The Dexter Collection Part II

 
  Lot 84
 

FIVE SEATED PORTRAITS OF SAWAI RAM SINGH II, MAHARAJA OF JAIPUR (R. 1835 - 1880)
Jaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, late 19th and 20th century

FIVE SEATED PORTRAITS OF SAWAI RAM SINGH II, MAHARAJA OF JAIPUR (R. 1835 - 1880)
Jaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, late 19th and 20th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper and cardboard, comprising five seated portraits of Sawai Ram Singh II, the successor of Jai Singh II, including one painting at a young age, set within red oval borders, 33.5cm x 26cm; and four portraits in his adult age replicating the popular indoor studio style typical of 19th-century black and white photographs providing a classic example of the new photo-realistic language of Indian paintings in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the compositions a true mix of Indian and Western objects and decor, the largest 50cm x 39.5cm.

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