Portrait of the Maharaja of Jaipur, Sawai Man Singh II

Sketchbook with blue- and black-fabric-covered cardboard covers. Sewn page block; pages of off-white wove paper, each 27.6 x 21.6 cm. Each sheet numbered on verso at l.l. Drawin...

The painting features a portrait of a ruler, identified by the inscription as “Maharaja Fateh Singh of Jodhpur”. However, there is no record of such a ruler for the Jodphur State, ...

Occupying the center of this painting is a princely youth, identified by Naveen Patnaik as Tukaji Rao Holkar II (1836-86). The young maharaja is seated in durbar on a low, red uph...

The painting in Jaipur Style depicts Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh (1834-80) of Jaipur, mounted on a brown, caparisoned horse. He wears a white robe (jama), a turban, and jewelry, with ...

Sketchbook with black-leather-covered cardboard covers. Sewn page block. Pages of white wove paper, each 34.7 x 27.1 cm. Pages numbered at l.l. of verso in graphite. Drawings i...

The painting depicts the horse of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (r. 1801-1839), the first maharaja of the Sikhs of the Punjab. The caparisoned horse is white, gray, and dappled. A groomsma...

Seated under an awning outside of a sumptuous bedchamber, the blue-skinned Krishna and his consort, Radha, hold one another close. The lightning that snakes across the dark sky abo...