Rana Amar Singh II (reigned 1698–1710) smoking a hookah, rajput, c. 1700

Rana Amar Singh II (reigned 1698–1710) smoking a hookah

Archival Details

  • Tradition: Rajput
  • Period: c. 1700
  • Medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper
  • Dimensions: Overall: 23.8 x 20.3 cm (9 3/8 x 8 in.)
  • Credit line: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
  • Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1991.170

Rajput painting encompasses the courtly schools of Rajasthan — including Mewar, Bundi, Kota, and Kishangarh — active roughly from the 16th to 19th centuries. These workshops produced richly colored paintings on paper depicting court life, Hindu devotional themes, and literary subjects, each region developing its own distinct palette and compositional style.

Artwork Details

Artist

Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski

Tradition

Rajput

File

2265 × 2560 px · JPG · 991 KB

Accession no.

1991.170

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