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A PORTRAIT OF MADHO SINGH II A similar portrait signed by Ramji Das, formerly in the Collection of
UDAIPUR, LATE 18TH CENTURY Sangram Singh of Nawalgarh, is published in Beach & Nahar Singh,
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Bagta and Chokha, 2005, p.18, fig.14. Also see Sharma, Indian
Image: 11 x 6.8 in. (27.9 x 17.2 cm); Miniature Painting, cat.56, pl.58. Another standing portrait showing
Folio: 14 x 10 in. (35.5 x 25.4 cm) the ruler in a full orange jama in the National Gallery of Victoria is
suggested to be in the style of Bagta (see Topsfield, Paintings From
Rajasthan, 1980, p.127, no.183). Two other closely related portraits
$10,000 - 15,000
are in the Fine Arts Museum, Boston (acc. nos. 15.84 and 17.2938).
An equestrian portrait of the ruler with similar attendants in the Freer-
In this amusing portrait, although still adorned with the trappings of Sackler Galleries (acc.no. F2001.5) is signed Sahiba Ram.
his royal station and posing in the manner favored by the Mughal
emperors of the 17th century, the portly ruler is only lightly clad in Provenance
a tight-fitting shawl and short pants. In the absence of any ritual Sotheby’s, New York, 6 October 1990, lot 94
implements that would suggest him being stripped down for ablutions,
one may suggest he is posing in his summer attire.

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