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Raja Mounted on a Black Horse, Accompanied by Two Attendants on Foot
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At the center of the painting is a king mounted on a galloping, caparisoned, black horse. His status is represented by the faint halo with gold rays emanating from it and the attendants, who flank the horse, carrying fly whisks. Rajput Style, Kota School.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
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.
Title: Raja Mounted on a Black Horse, Accompanied by Two Attendants on Foot
Description:
At the center of the painting is a king mounted on a galloping, caparisoned, black horse.
His status is represented by the faint halo with gold rays emanating from it and the attendants, who flank the horse, carrying fly whisks.
Rajput Style, Kota School.
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