Harvard Art Museums > 2011.95: A Portrait of Raja Karan Singh of Bikaner Holding a Sword Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"A Portrait of Raja Karan Singh of Bikaner Holding a Sword , 2011.95,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/215593. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2011.95 Title A Portrait of Raja Karan Singh of Bikaner Holding a Sword Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1655 Places Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Bikaner Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/215593 Physical Descriptions Medium Brush, black ink, gold, and opaque water- color on paper; Rajput Style, Bikaner School Dimensions 28.1 x 17.3 cm (11 1/16 x 6 13/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Stuart Cary Welch, Jr. Collection, New Hampshire (by 1976-2011), sold; through [Sotheby’s, London, 5/31/2011, lot 16]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund Accession Year 2011 Object Number 2011.95 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The drawing depicts Raja Karan Singh of Bikaner (r. 1631-1669) in profile. With both hands, he holds the hilt of a firangi, a type of Indian longsword. Raja Karan Singh wears a large red and green turban, pearl and gem-studded jewelry, and a waist sash (patka) decorated with flowers. Tucked into the waist sash is a punch-dagger (katar). The image has been pricked for transfer. Rajput style, Bikaner school. Publication History Vishakha N. Desai, Painting and Politics in Seventeenth-Century North India: Mewar, Bikaner, and the Mughal Court, Art Journal (Winter 1990), Vol. 49, No. 4, pp 370-378, pp. 373-374, fig. 6 Exhibition History Portraiture in Iran and India, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/09/1983 - 02/01/1984 Life at Court: Art for India's Rulers, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 11/20/1985 - 02/09/1986; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 03/14/1986 - 05/09/1986 Indian and Persian Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/25/1987 - 06/21/1987 Linear Graces ... and Disgraces: Part II, Drawings from the Courts of Persia, Turkey, and India, 15th-19th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/26/1994 - 03/05/1995 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
