Tipu Sultan
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Tipu Sultan is a 1790 paint by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A man in a green coat sits on a chair. A white cloth covers his lap. His hands rest on his knees. He wears a red turban and a gold sash. This painting shows Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore in the late 1700s. He fought the British and lost in 1799. Artworks like this often honored Indian leaders after their deaths. See this in person at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The portrait depicts Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore from 1782 to 1799, dressed in a bright green tunic and matching turban adorned with a jewelled ornament. He wears three pearl necklaces, each with a pendant, and a jewelled sash over his right shoulder, from which a gold sword is suspended on his left hip. A large green and yellow striped patka is wrapped around his waist, while he leans against a red bolster against a blue background.
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