Raja Suchet Singh and Raja Dhian Singh
1840
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1840
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Raja Suchet Singh and Raja Dhian Singh is a 1840 paint by Unknown, a Patna School of Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see two men seated on a terrace in this painting. They are Raja Suchet Singh and Raja Dhian Singh, brothers who held high office. The painter showed their relationship by having them face each other. The brothers were part of the Hindu Dogra family and served under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. They played important roles, but also contributed to the region's turmoil after his death. This painting is now at the museum: Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting depicts two brothers from the Hindu Dogra family, who held high positions in the Sikh court under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Raja Dhian Singh kneels on a carpet against a bolster, facing his younger brother Raja Suchet Singh, who is seated in yellow. Created around 1838–40 in the style of the Panjab Hills, it reflects the transition of artists from regional Hindu courts to the patronage of Ranjit Singh’s stable regime. The work was donated to the museum in 1953 by Robert Skelton, former Keeper of the Indian Department.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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