Raja Hari Sen of Mandi
1650
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1650
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Raja Hari Sen of Mandi is a 1650 unspecified by Unknown, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A king stands in a plain green space, one hand on his sword, the other near his dagger. His long coat flares at the waist like a bell, tied with a short sash. This portrait was made around 1650, when Mughal fashion still shaped royal dress in the hills of northern India. The coat’s cut and the sash’s length are clues—both were popular decades earlier under Emperor Jahangir. To see more royal portraits from the same region, look up pahari kingdoms.
In the portrait, the raja is depicted clad in a gheradar jama tied with a short-length pataka , a feature of Jahangir-era fashion. He stands confidently against a monochromatic fern green backdrop, with his left hand supporting his sword in a mauve sheath while his right hand reaches toward his dagger securely tucked in his belt.
Raja Hari Sen adorns a Jahangir-style turban which was out of imperial fashion at the time of portraiture
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