Portrait of Raja Ram Singh of Amber (r. 1667-1688) with a Deccan Sword (recto)
1682
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Raja Ram Singh of Amber (r. 1667-1688) with a Deccan Sword (recto) is a 1682 unspecified by Unknown, a Baroque work, depicting Mughal, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a man in a richly decorated robe, holding a curved sword. His face looks tired, with dark circles under his eyes. This is Raja Ram Singh, a Hindu ruler who spent his life serving Mughal emperors. The artist shows his exhaustion, even though he’s dressed in fine clothes. The sword hints at his military role, but his expression tells a quieter story. If you like this, look up more works under 17th century.
The sensitive, naturalistic rendering of weariness and forbearance in the face belies the trappings of favor bestowed on Ram Singh by the Mughal emperors Shah Jahan and Alamgir, whom he served as courtier and general between 1643 and 1688. He was a Hindu ruler from the kingdom of Amber in Rajasthan, under the control of the Mughal empire. Spending most of his life at the imperial court or leading military expeditions for the Mughals, this portrait was included in a Mughal album and inscribed with an Urdu verse indicating his value to the empire: "wherever he has led an expedition, victory is…
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