Portrait of Maharaja Ajit Singh of Marwar
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Portrait of Maharaja Ajit Singh of Marwar, 1710. Opaque watercolor on paper, with frame: 20 x 14 1/2 x 1 in. (50.8 x 36.8 x 2.5 cm) image: 11 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (30.1 x 20.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Dr. Bertram H. Schaffner, 2010.48.27. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Title
Portrait of Maharaja Ajit Singh of Marwar
Date
1710
Geography
Place made: Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper
Classification
Dimensions
with frame: 20 x 14 1/2 x 1 in. (50.8 x 36.8 x 2.5 cm) image: 11 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (30.1 x 20.7 cm)
Inscriptions
Inscriptions in two different hands. The longer inscription, in loose script, reads: "Samvat 1767 [=1710] on the first of the dark fortnight of the month Paush. Portrait of the Raja of Jodhpur the honorable Maharaja Shri Ajit Singh."
Credit Line
Bequest of Dr. Bertram H. Schaffner
Accession Number
2010.48.27
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