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Raja Surjan Singh

Painting
ca. 1690 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRaja Surjan Singh (generic)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Raja Surjan Singh, opaque watercolour on paper, Bikaner, ca. 1690
Physical description
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 219mm
  • Width: 143mm
  • Paper onto which object mounted height: 296mm
  • Paper onto which object mounted width: 194mm
  • Image inside innermost painted border height: 148mm
  • Image inside innermost painted border width: 88mm
19/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
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.
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
(handwritten on object)
Translation
[subject's name]
Transliteration
'Hari Rab [or Rao] Surjan Singh'
Credit line
Given by the family of the late Sir William Rothenstein.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.344-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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