NORTHWEST INDIA, RAJASTHAN, BIKANER, CIRCA 1630-1640

This painting is from the same series as The Liberation of Gajendra, illustrated by Andrew Topsfield in In the Realm of Gods and Kings, New York, 2004, p.117, no.43, which was formerly in the collection of Cynthia Polsky and sold at Bonhams New York, 16 March 2015, lot 70. Exhibiting strong Mughal and Deccani influences, this series was made for a Maharaja of Bikaner and included illustrations of various Hindu deities including the avatars (incarnations) of Vishnu. For another painting from the series in this sale, see lot 710.