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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.202.239
Title
Portrait of Rana Amar Singh II at Worship
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1698
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Mewar
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217221

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, opaque watercolor and gold on beige paper; Rajput Style, Mewar School
Dimensions
54 x 40.6 cm (21 1/4 x 16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1983 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1983.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.202.239
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The drawing depicts Rana Amar Singh II (r. 1698-1710) of Mewar sitting cross-legged and in profile. On his forehead is an ochre-colored tilaka, a mark worn on a daily basis or especially for special religious occasions and rites. A green cloth draped over this right hand and the saffron-colored scarf draped over his bare-chest implies he is in the process of worship. He is adorned with bracelets, rings, an earring, and several necklaces, made of pearls and precious stones, as well as a large pendants. Rajput style, Mewar school.

Publication History

  • Stuart Cary Welch, Indian Drawings and Painted Sketches , exh. cat., Asia Society Museum (Washington, D.C, 1976), pp. 80-81, fig. 39
  • Howard Hodgkin and Terence McInerney, Indian Drawing : An Exhibition Chosen by Howard Hodgkin, exh. cat., Arts Council of Great Britain, London (London, England, 1983), fig. 10
  • Naveen Patnaik and Stuart Cary Welch, A Second Paradise: Indian Courtly Life, 1590-1947, Doubleday & Co. (Garden City, NY, 1985), p. 87, fig. 24
  • Stuart Cary Welch and Kim Masteller, From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection, exh. cat., Yale University Press (New Haven, 2004), pp.175-177, no. 61; back cover
  • Molly Aitken, The Intelligence of Tradition in Rajput Court Painting, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010), p. 58, fig. 2.1; pp. 103 - 109

Exhibition History

  • Indian and Persian Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/25/1987 - 06/21/1987
  • Infancy to Old Age: A Gallery of Indians, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/27/1993 - 04/25/1993
  • From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from SCWelch, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/2005 - 06/02/2005
  • 32Q: 2590 South and Southeast Asia, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/02/2016 - 04/26/2017

Verification Level

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