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A PORTRAIT OF PRATAP SINGH II For closely related portrait and studies of Pratap Singh II, see Aiken,
JAIPUR, SCHOOL OF SAHIB RAM, CIRCA 1800 Masters of Indian Painting, Zurich, 2011, pp.623-40, figs.10-12, and
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; verso inscribed in Nagari, another in the Victoria and Albert Museum (IS.88-1953).
translated, “Picture 15 [in] red covers”.
Image: 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (27.3 x 19 cm); Published
Folio: 15 5/8 x 11 1/4 in. (39.6 x 28.6 cm) J.P. Losty, Indian Painting 1580-1850, Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch
Ltd, New York, 2013, p.28.
$8,000 - 12,000
Provenance
The accomplished painter has created a fine and noble depiction of Private Virginia Collection since 1990s
Pratap Singh II of Mewar. The ruler wears a voluminous, bell-form jama
which was the height of fashion at the Jaipur court in the late 18th
century. The painter has taken great care to detail and shade the vary-
ing direction of its pleats. Pratap Singh II’s princely adornments include
a dagger tucked into his golden sash with an exquisite lion-headed hilt
of jade.

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