Raja Balwant Singh
1753
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
About the artist
1753
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Raja Balwant Singh is a 1753 paint by Nainsukh, a Patna School of Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a man sitting in a palanquin carried by four men on a grassy hillside. Around him, a crowd of people in colorful clothes walks, talks, and stands in groups. The background has rolling hills, a few trees, and a distant body of water. The man in the palanquin holds a stick, and his face is turned slightly toward the crowd. The colors are bright but soft, with earthy greens and yellows dominating the scene. Look up Nainsukh to see how he shaped this kind of scene.
The painting depicts Raja Balwant Singh engaged in hawking during a partridge-hunting expedition, accompanied by retainers, rendered in opaque watercolor on paper by Nainsukh in 1753.
Read the full account in the museum source.
