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Prince Ram Singh of Amber at worship
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Description
Ram Singh performs his devotions in a garden setting, holding his mala (prayer-beads) under the end of his muslin shawl. The sensitive portrait is strongly Mughal in style. The central section has been enlarged later, prior to mounting in its late 17th century album border.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › Amber (place of creation)
- Date
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painting c. 1660
mount late 17th century
- Associated people
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Ram Singh, Prince of Amber (ruled 1667 - 1688) (subject)
- Material and technique
- gouache with gold and silver on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 55.6 x 40.6 cm (height x width)
painting 24.1 x 13.9 cm (height x width)
page 48.8 x 34.6 cm (height x width)
painting 17.1 x 12 cm (height x width)
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processed material › metal › gold,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1994.
- Accession no.
- EA1994.46
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Further reading
Topsfield, Andrew, Indian Paintings from Oxford Collections, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum in association with the Bodleian Library, 1994), no. 18 on p. 42, p. 6, illus. p. 43
Das, Asok Kumar, ‘Court Painting for the Amber Palaces, circa 1590-1727’, Andrew Topsfield, ed., Court Painting in Rajasthan (Mumbai: Marg Publications on behalf of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, 2000), p. 48, illus. p. 48 fig. 7
Location
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- currently in research collection
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