Portrait of Thakur Raja Bakhtawar Singh, standing in a European-style interior.
1880
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1880
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Portrait of Thakur Raja Bakhtawar Singh, standing in a European-style interior. is a 1880 paint by Unknown, a Patna School of Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a man standing in a fancy room. He's wearing traditional clothes. The painting is interesting because it mixes Indian and European styles. The man in the painting is Thakur Raja Bakhtawar Singh. This style of painting was made for Europeans in India. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A standing portrait of Thakur Raja Bakhtawar Singh from around 1880, attributed to Fateh Muhammad, depicts the ruler in a European-style interior featuring Empire-style furniture. The work reflects the hybrid character of Company paintings, blending Indian artistic traditions with Western conventions. Produced in western Rajasthan, likely Bikaner, it exemplifies the limited but notable influence of European styles on Rajput portraiture toward the late 19th century.
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