Raja Surjan Singh
ca. 1690
Unknown
SSEA
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, portrait of Raja Surjan Singh of Bundi in Akbar period costume. He wears transparent jama with pointed side flares, pink trousers diapered with a blue leaf motive, blue and gold embroidered shoes, orange patka with brocaded ends, tight gold turban and scarf slung over the left shoulder and under the right arm. Green grass, yellow background dissolving into orange. Copy of an earlier portrait, perhaps part of a set of famous Rajas executed for the lesser nobility.
- Maker/Artist
- Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Medium
- opaque watercolour, paper, paint, painted
- Locations
- city: Bikaner
- Dimensions
- Height: 219 mm Width: 143 mm Height: 296 mm Width: 194 mm Height: 148 mm Width: 88 mm
- Departments
- SSEA
- Accession Number
- IS.344-1951
- Credit Line
- Given by the family of the late Sir William Rothenstein.
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