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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.110
Title
Maharaja Raj Singh of Sawar (r. 1705-30) with his Orchestra of Young Women
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1715
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Sawar
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310486

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 50.2 cm (12 3/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
framed: 45.09 x 66.68 x 2.54 cm (17 3/4 x 26 1/4 x 1 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
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.
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.110
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Naveen Patnaik and Stuart Cary Welch, A Second Paradise: Indian Courtly Life, 1590-1947, Doubleday & Co. (Garden City, NY, 1985), page 90-91,182/figure 27
  • Elizabeth Finch, ed., Rajasthani Miniatures: The Welch Collection from the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, exh. cat., The Drawing Center (New York, NY, 1997), page 21

Exhibition History

  • Indian Harvest: Part 2, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/17/1996 - 04/28/1996
  • Rajasthani Miniatures: The Welch Collection at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, The Drawing Center, New York, 04/16/1997 - 06/07/1997
  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 06/08/2000 - 09/03/2000

Verification Level

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