Baz Bahadur and Rupmati

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Rajasthan (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting Baz Bahadur, ruler of Malwa (1554-1570) riding by moonlight with the poetess Rupmati, his lover. In a wooded pastureland, with four buildings in the distance, the lovers ride towards the right on horses, the Sultan's grey and Rupmati's white. The legs of the horses are dyed red.

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Categories	Paintings Royalty Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Baz Bahadur and Rupmati (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper Opaque Watercolour Gold Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, Baz Bahadur and Rupmati, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Rajasthan, 18th century
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting Baz Bahadur, ruler of Malwa (1554-1570) riding by moonlight with the poetess Rupmati, his lover. In a wooded pastureland, with four buildings in the distance, the lovers ride towards the right on horses, the Sultan's grey and Rupmati's white. The legs of the horses are dyed red.
Content description	Baz Bahadur riding by moonlight with the poetess Rupmati, his lover. In a wooded pastureland, with four buildings in the distance, the lovers ride towards the right on horses, the Sultan's grey and Rupmati's white. The legs of the horses are dyed red.
Style	Rajasthani
Credit line	Purchased from Arhur Churchill, Esq., 10 Dover Street, W
Subjects depicted	Lovers Ruler Equestrians Horses Landscape Baz Bahadur
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IM.98-1922

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O405502/baz-bahadur-and-rupmati-painting-unknown/

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