Ratan Singh
1750
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1750
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Ratan Singh is a 1750 paint by Unknown, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a busy garden scene with bright colors. A man in a turban sits on a raised platform, holding a fan. Around him, people dance, play music, and stand in groups. Palm trees and flowers fill the background, while the ground has patterned tiles and a fence. The man’s outfit and the style of the painting suggest it’s from India. The colors are bold—greens, reds, and golds—with lots of detail in the clothing and decorations. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
The painting depicts Ratan Singh seated in a garden alongside his consort and female musicians, rendered in opaque watercolor on paper. Created around 1750 by an unknown artist, the work belongs to a tradition of Indian miniature painting. A closely related composition from the same source, featuring a ruler identified as Maharajah Sri Prabh Singh ji, was previously sold at Sotheby’s in 1959 and is now part of the S. C. Welch collection in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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