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Add MS 21475, f.1
- Record Id:
- 040-003283896
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003283895
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035589005.0x000001
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
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- Add MS 21475, f.1
- Title:
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Maharaja Sambhaji
- Scope & Content:
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Maharaja Sambhaji (1657-89, reg. 1680-89) seated on a terrace holding a flower.
Maratha, late 17th century.
Opaque pigments and gold on paper.
146 by 220mm (including border).
Inscribed above in nagari: Maharaja Sambhajiraje.
Sambhaji (1657-89) was the eldest son of Sivaji, leader of the Hindu Deccani resistance to Aurangzeb’s assault on the kingdoms of the Deccan. After Sivaji’s death in 1680, Sambhaji led his forces against not only the Mughals but the Siddis of Janjira, the Portuguese in Goa and the Wodeyars of Mysore. He was captured in a minor skirmish with the Mughals at Sangameshwar in 1689 and executed at Aurangzeb’s command.
Published: Losty 1986, no. 56; Losty, J.P., http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/2014/04/an-album-of-maratha-and-deccani-paintings-part-1.html
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003283895
040-003283896 - Is part of:
- Add MS 21475 : An album of 8 Maratha, Jaipur and Deccani paintings. The album was briefly noticed in Blumhardt’s 1899 catalogue of Hindi…
Add MS 21475, f.1 : Maharaja Sambhaji - Hierarchy:
- 032-003283895[0001]/040-003283896
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 21475
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Deccani style
South Indian style
Western India/Poona style
Western Indian style - Start Date:
- -9999
- End Date:
- -9999
- Date Range:
- Unspecified
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Portraits