Portrait of Maharaja Rai Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1574-1612)
c. 1590
Nur Muhammad
Nur Muhammad (Indian, active c. 1580–1630)
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Portrait of Maharaja Rai Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1574-1612), c. 1590. Nur Muhammad (Indian, active c. 1580–1630). Ink and gum tempera on paper; image: 20.5 x 14.6 cm (8 1/16 x 5 3/4 in.); paper: 42.4 x 26 cm (16 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Flora D. Glass and Elwood G. Glass, Jr. 1987.1100
- Maker/Artist
- Nur Muhammad
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Ink and gum tempera on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 20.5 x 14.6 cm (8 1/16 x 5 3/4 in.); Paper: 42.4 x 26 cm (16 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Devanagari inscription on the verso reads ‘sri maharaja sri rai singh ji ri sabi chhe’ Translation: Portrait of Maharaja Rai Singh Inscription: Nastaliq inscription on the verso reads ‘dast-i-nur mohammad-bin umar-ud-din’ Translation: ‘Work of Nur Mohammad Bin Umaruddin’ Translation: Top left: yaha gulabi mein nīla melavi (Here, add blue into pink.) Top-right: rang giri lali mein (Apply a wash of red.) Next to the turban: pāgariā lam auri upar lipaṭi jari (for the turban, an embroidered wrap over orange) Next to the staff: āyo suneri (gold here) Next to the cummerbund: jari (embroidery pattern) On the sash: dupaṭṭa: aurī (sash: orange) On the tunic: jāma: sufed (tunic: white) On the trousers: suthan kirmachi buṭi sone ki (gold floral pattern on crimson) On the right foot: gulabi upar buṭi (floral pattern on pink) On the left foot: jari (embroidery design) Remark: Color notations on the recto added around 1793, when a posthumous portrait of Maharaja Rai Singh of Bikaner was painted probably by the Bikaner court artist Mahmood, son of Sahoo.
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1987.1100
- Credit Line
- Gift of Flora D. Glass and Elwood G. Glass, Jr.
- Exhibitions
- Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2018, Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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