id: 136472 accession number: 1960.49 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.49 updated: 2020-11-04 20:48:06.792000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1720 creation date earliest: 1715 creation date latest: 1725 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: India, Himachal Pradesh, Bilaspur technique: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: verso, in takri: Shri Dalip Singh translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty opening date: 1960-11-30T05:00:00 Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. 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 Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2018. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 2-November 18, 2018). title: Indian Gallery 242 Rotation opening date: 2018-09-10T04:00:00 Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10, 2018-April 7, 2019). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Asia House, New York City, "Rajput Painting," Dec. 3, 1960-Jan. 22, 1961. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: 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.

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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Asia Society, Sherman E. Lee, and George Montgomery. Rajput Painting; with an introductory essay and catalogue notes. New York: Asia House, 1960. page number: Reproduced: p. 68; plate 65 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.49/1960.49_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.49/1960.49_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.49/1960.49_full.tif