Raja Ajmat Dev
1730
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1730
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Raja Ajmat Dev is a 1730 paint by Unknown, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A man sits cross-legged on a low platform, dressed in a dark outfit with bright yellow socks and a striped turban. He holds a curved pipe in one hand and rests his chin on the other, looking relaxed. Behind him, a bright yellow wall contrasts with a red border, and a small hookah sits on the floor to his right. The flat colors and bold outlines give this painting a simple, bold look. The man’s calm pose and the pipe suggest a moment of quiet leisure. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more paintings like this.
A painting in opaque watercolour and gold on paper depicts Raja Ajmat Dev of Mankot, who ruled approximately between 1730 and 1760, seated on a white terrace while smoking a huqqa. He is shown leaning against a bolster, dressed in a dark green costume, with a talwar and spittoon placed nearby. The background is a bright yellow, and the composition shares its source with a painting in the Chandigarh Museum, though the figure of a morchhal bearer is absent. The work was previously part of the collection of Major General G. McAndrew, Superintendent of Chamba from 1872 to 1874.
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