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Add Or 5601
- Record Id:
- 032-003264288
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264288
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x0002e1
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 5601
- Title:
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Raja Ranjit Sen of Suket (r.1762-1791) with his brother, Kishan Singh.
- Scope & Content:
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Portrait of Raja Ranjit Singh of Suket (r.1762-1791) seated in conversation with his younger brother Kishan Singh.
224 x 165 mm
Purchased 2006
Inscribed in nasta'liq on left: mian kisan singh biradari khurd-i-ranjit singh pesar raja bhikam chand
Inscribed in nasta'liq on right: raja ranjit singh suket wala pesar raja bhikam chand
Inscribed on verso in nagari: kisan singh, sri raja ajit singh
Inscribed on verso in nasta'liq: mian kisan singh, raja ranjit singh suket wala pesar
Court arists in Kangra were commissioned to produced portraits of neighbouring rulers during the second half of the eighteenth century. This portrait is part of a larger series. Although the specific patron is unknown, Sansar Chand of Kangra was married to the daughter of Kishan Singh. In this portrait, set within a jharoka frame, Ranjit Singh reclines against a red bolster and smokes from his hookah. On the left, Kishan Singh is pictured facing Ranjit Singh, though his figure is much larger in proportion to his brother. On the right, an attendant waves a morchal with his right hand and appears to be holding the hilt of a sword in his right. Formerly in the ancestral collection of the Raja Dhrub Dev Chand of Lambagraon.
Published:
W.G. Archer, 'Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills,' 1973, vol. 1, p. 283.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Archer Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264288
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264288
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Pahari style
Pahari/Kangra style
Punjab style - Start Date:
- 1779
- End Date:
- 1781
- Date Range:
- c 1780
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ranjit Sen, Raja of Suket, 1762-1791
Suket, Mian Kishan Singh, fl 1770s - Subjects:
- Portraits