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Showing results for "Pahari [Punjab Hills] painting" in Style/Group/Movement.
- Title
- Portrait of Maharaja Balbir Sen of Mandi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Mandi, Himechal Predesh
- Physical Description
- Balbir Sen of Mandi sits with his legs tucked under him against a purplish bolster on an oval orange carpet with a green border. He wears a white garment with green borders and some jewelry: a ring, bracelets, an armlet, necklaces, earrings and wears a green turban with a turban jewel across the front, surmounted by a black feathered aigrette. A sword signifying his rank lies across his body. He sits in strict profile with a heavy black beard and mustache. The paper is plain and uncolored except around the figure, which is painted against a white wash taking the shape of the seated man and his setting.
- Inscriptions in devanagari script are above the painting.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1825
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.119
- Medium and Support
- opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 40.80960
- Style/Group/Movement
- Pahari [Punjab Hills] painting