MAHARAJA JAGAT SINGH II RECEIVING A NOBLE

UDAIPUR, MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1745-50

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MAHARAJA JAGAT SINGH II RECEIVING A NOBLE
UDAIPUR, MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1745-50
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting the nimbate Maharaja Jagat Singh II, a servant holding his robe, before him a noble stands with hands joined in supplication, set on a strong green background and laid down on later gold-speckled margins
Painting 11 5/8 x 8¾in. (29.5 x 22.3cm.); folio 13½ x 10½in. (34.2 x 26.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

A very closely related painting also depicting Maharaja Jagat Singh II and two courtiers is in the Sackler Museum, dated to circa 1745-50 (Andrew Topsfield, Court Painting at Udaipur, Zurich, 2001, fig. 163, p. 187.

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