id:			136472
accession number:	1960.49
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updated:		2022-01-04 16:07:01.394000

Raja Dalip Singh of Guler on a Dais, c. 1720. India, Himachal Pradesh, Bilaspur. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; image: 22.7 x 15.3 cm (8 15/16 x 6 in.); overall: 27.1 x 19.8 cm (10 11/16 x 7 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1960.49

title:				Raja Dalip Singh of Guler on a Dais
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creation date:			c. 1720
creation date earliest:		1715
creation date latest:		1725
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	India, Himachal Pradesh, Bilaspur
technique:	Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 22.7 x 15.3 cm (8 15/16 x 6 in.); Overall: 27.1 x 19.8 cm (10 11/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	verso, in takri: Shri Dalip Singh
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

	title:		Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2018
	opening date:   2018-04-02T04:00:00
	<i>Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2018</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 2-November 18, 2018).

	title:		Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2018-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10, 2018-April 7, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Asia House, New York City, "Rajput Painting," Dec. 3, 1960-Jan. 22, 1961.

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
Dalip Singh sits on a carpeted marble platform probably meant for meditation or relaxation, intently reading a page from a manuscript. The vertical red mark on his forehead reveals that he is a devotee of the Hindu god Vishnu. The delicate shading of the facial tones and hair gives the portrait a sense of naturalism. The figure is framed by the wispy branches of a willow and thick foliage of trees. This pious king is equally comfortable in either an urbane court or in nature.<br><br>This painting was purchased from the Heeramaneck Collection, which in the 1970s was acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where Dr. Catherine Glynn Benkaim worked as a curator of Indian and Islamic art, and met her husband Ralph.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Asia Society, Sherman E. Lee, and George Montgomery. <em>Rajput Painting; with an introductory essay and catalogue notes</em>. New York: Asia House, 1960.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 68; plate 65
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