1793
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Maharaja Pratap Singh (1764–1803) is a 1793 unspecified by Sahib Ram, a Patna School of Painting work, depicting Jaipur, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a portrait of a man with a mark on his forehead, wearing elaborate clothing and jewelry. This painting is interesting because it shows the Maharaja as a young man, likely in his late 20s. He was a poet and patron of the arts, which might explain the fine details in this portrait. To learn more about other artworks like this, check out the museum: The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Maharaja Pratap Singh came to the throne in the princely state of Jaipur in 1778 at the age of 14, about 15 years before this portrait was painted. He was a poet and patron of the arts known for commissioning the famous “Palace of the Winds” in Jaipur. At his court he maintained an atelier of about 50 painters, among whom was a Muslim master, Sah ib Ram, to whom this painting is attributed. Pratap Singh was a devotee of the Hindu god Krishna, and the mark on his forehead testifies to this affiliation. Though highly stylized, this portrait is recognizable as an image of Singh because of his…
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Sahib Ram spent his days hunched over delicate scraps, inking tiny figures onto paper so thin it almost disappeared under his brush.
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