Portrait of Thakur Sangram Singh

Ustad Ahmad (son of Ahmad Ali)

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Caption

Ustad Ahmad (son of Ahmad Ali). Portrait of Thakur Sangram Singh, ca. 1740–1750. Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, sheet: 12 1/4 x 8 5/16 in. (31.1 x 21.1 cm) image: 9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in. (23.0 x 15.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Patricia C. Jones, 86.187.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Portrait of Thakur Sangram Singh

Date

ca. 1740–1750

Geography

Place made: Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Medium

Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

sheet: 12 1/4 x 8 5/16 in. (31.1 x 21.1 cm) image: 9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in. (23.0 x 15.0 cm)

Inscriptions

Verso, in Braj, in black ink in Devanagari script: Portrait of Thakur [baronet] Sangram Singh riding a chestnut horse by the master Ustad Ahmad, son of Ahmad Ali. Library stamp (blotted out) of the royal library of H. H. Maharaja of Bikaner

Credit Line

Gift of Patricia C. Jones

Accession Number

86.187.1

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