Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra and Courtiers
c. 1783
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra and Courtiers, c. 1783. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 24.2 x 21.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin 1986.63 Ruler of the western Himalayan kingdom of Kangra from 1775 to 1823, Sansar Chand (1765–1823) is seated on a red dais. As a youth at around 18 years of age, he still has not grown a beard, and his distinctive curly bushy hair is visible beneath his pink turban. This portrait may commemorate the Mughals relinquishing control of Kangra in 1783. This painting once belonged to Cleveland attorney George P. Bickford, who endowed positions at the CMA and Harvard.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- gum tempera and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 24.2 x 21.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1986.63
- Credit Line
- Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review for 1986, Asia House, New York City, "Rajput Painting," Dec. 3, 1960-Jan. 22, 1961., Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 13, 2003 - February 18, 2004.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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