The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 21, 2024
Jai Singh III of Jaipur (r. 1818–1835) Riding
c. 1820
Overall: 10 x 14.3 cm (3 15/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1925.1337
Location: not on view
Description
In contrast to imperial Mughal painting and Western portraiture, native or Rajput Indian portraits are simpler and more monumental in design, standing essentially as symbols of general ideas. Here the Rajput ruler sits unaffected by the gallop of his mount, with the trappings of a warrior and the devotional marks of a follower of the Hindu god Vishnu on his forehead. He is depicted as an ideal warrior king, pious, in full control, gazing ahead abstractly as though seeing an immutable truth.- ?-1925Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1925-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 10-November 6, 2017).Exhibition of the Month: Indian Miniatures. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 28, 1952).
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