Untitled
1834
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1834
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a 1834 paint by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a young man sitting on a gold chair, facing another youth who holds out his hands deferentially. The turbans they wear are typical of paintings of Sikhs at the court of Ranjit Singh, a Sikh maharaja. This detail suggests the painting may be from a specific regional court. To learn more about the use of light and dark in this painting, look into the technique: chiaroscuro.
A painting in opaque watercolour and gold on paper depicts a youth seated on a gold chair holding a pink flower, facing a boy attendant who stands with hands pressed together. Both figures wear yellow garments and turbans adorned with jewels, set against a white terrace with fountains below. Their attire and jewellery suggest connections to the court of Ranjit Singh, with the seated youth possibly identified as Hira Singh, a Hindu Dogra nobleman. The work was acquired by collector J.C. French in Amritsar and entered the V&A’s collection in 1955.
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