The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Portrait of Rao Shiv Singh Chandrawat

Portrait of Rao Shiv Singh Chandrawat

c. 1720
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Miniature: 31.8 x 22.2 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.196
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Rao Shiv Singh’s granddaughter was married to Maharaja Pratap Singh of Jaipur (CMA 2011.207).

Description

The bust portrait of a Rajput ruler shows him wearing a blue turban with floral pattern and white garment. A costly pearl and ruby earring suggests his financial affluence. The artist has exhibited his skill in the sensitive rendering of the figure’s eyebrow and mustache.
  • Brig. Sawai Bhawani Singh of Jaipur, City Palace, Jaipur
    (Sam Fogg, Ltd., London, England)
    ?–December 2008
    (Claudio Moscatelli sold to Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer)
    December 2008–2018
    Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2018–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10, 2018-April 7, 2019).
  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of Rao Shiv Singh Chandrawat|url=false|author=|year=c. 1720|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.196