2009.202.213: Portrait of a Kotah Ruler, Madho Singh or Mukund Singh

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.202.213

People

Attributed to The Kota Master, Indian

Title

Portrait of a Kotah Ruler, Madho Singh or Mukund Singh

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Portrait of Mukund Singh of Kotah, Madho Singh, Founder of Kotah

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

late 17th century

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/217223

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray-black ink and opaque watercolor on off-white paper

Dimensions

20.2 x 12.5 cm (7 15/16 x 4 15/16 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

2009.202.213

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Stuart Cary Welch, Gods, Kings, and Tigers: The Art of Kotah, exh. cat., ed. Stuart Cary Welch, Prestel (New York, NY, 1997), p 39 - 60, 43, fig 4
• 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.125-127, no. 36

Exhibition History

• 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

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