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MAHARAJA VIJAY SINGH OF JODHPUR VISITS KISHANGARH Typical of mid-18th century Kishangarh portraiture, the prince and
KISHANGARH, LATE 18TH CENTURY his courtiers stand in exaggerated poses with their chests thrust
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; recto with inscription on the forward and backs arched—a posture which seems to have been
upper margin in devanagari identifying the ruler Rawat Bijay (Vijay) established by the epoch’s most celebrated artist, Nihal Chand, who
Singh and the kavi (poet), Mathuresh Dev. first represented his ruler Savant Singh in this polished fashion (see
Image: 10 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.9 x 18.1 cm); Barrett & Gray, Indian Paintings, 1963, p.15). Compare the portrait
Folio: 16 3/8 x 12 3/4 in. (42.1 x 30.7 cm) of Maharaja Sarda Singh sold at Sotheby’s, London, 9 December
1980, lot 100, and another of Raja Bahadur Singh, sold at Sotheby’s,
London, 26 April 1994, lot 12.
$6,000 - 8,000

Provenance
Gathered on the white pavilion before Lake Gundalao, with Kishangarh Sotheby’s, London, 23 May 2006, lot 82
silhouetted on the horizon, Maharajah Vijay Singh (1729–93) is Xavier Guerrand-Hermès, Paris
welcomed by an envoy presenting two hawks, while a poet or scribe Sotheby’s, Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 116
records the event.

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