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Maharana Jawan Singh of Mewar and two chieftains out riding at night
Gouache on paper, with Maharana Jawan Singh of Mewar riding a blue horse, accompanied by Rawat Nahar Singh of Devgarh to his right and Rawat Padma Singh of Salumbar to his left, a chamara-bearer walking near the Maharana, in landscape and with full silver moon in a dark blue sky, the red border with inscriptions in nagari script giving their names, heightened by silver and gold
24.3 x 38.2 cm (minute rubbing and flaking)
Gouache on paper, with Maharana Jawan Singh of Mewar riding a blue horse, accompanied by Rawat Nahar Singh of Devgarh to his right and Rawat Padma Singh of Salumbar to his left, a chamara-bearer walking near the Maharana, in landscape and with full silver moon in a dark blue sky, the red border with inscriptions in nagari script giving their names, heightened by silver and gold
24.3 x 38.2 cm (minute rubbing and flaking)
Literature
Neven, A., Peintures des Indes. Mythologies et legendes, Bruxelles, 1976, p.76
Bautze, J., Indian Miniature Paintings, c. 1590 - c. 1850, Amsterdam, 1987, p. 109
Bautze, J., Indian Miniature Paintings, c. 1590 - c. 1850, Amsterdam, 1987, p. 109