Portrait of Maharao Ram Singh II of Kotah (r. 1827-66; on Horseback, with Two Attendants) / Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School
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- Accession Number
- 1992/1.118
- Title
- Portrait of Maharao Ram Singh II of Kotah (r. 1827-66; on Horseback, with Two Attendants)
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- opaque watercolor on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1840
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- India (nation)
- Rajasthan (state)
- Kota (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- India (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Rajasthan (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Kota (inhabited place)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Kotah painting
- Dimensions
- 34.8 cm x 23.9 cm (13 11/16 in. x 9 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- Image of a man on horseback with two men flanking him
- Subject Matter
- Ram Singh II of Kota (ruled. 1827-66) was the last great patron of Indian miniature painting. With the rise of the British Raj, most native princes adopted the Eurocentric fashion for photography and oil painting. Ram Singh, by contrast, retained his court atelier and used painting to record his often eccentric activities: one painting depicts him shooting a tiger while making love.
- This colored drawing shows Ram Singh on horseback in idealized form, dwarfing two miniaturized attendants. The drawing may quote depictions of a curious episode of 1850, in which the Maharao rode a horse upon the roof of his palace. Following the performance, he held a special assembly in a room decked out exclusively in pink (guests too were asked to don pink clothing and turbans).
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 923 x 1331
- File Size
- 118 KB
- Record
- 1992/1.118
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"Portrait of Maharao Ram Singh II of Kotah (r. 1827-66; on Horseback, with Two Attendants); Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1992-sl-1.118/1992_1.118.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 02, 2024.
