id:			153375
accession number:	1986.63
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.63
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:31.475000

Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra and Courtiers, c. 1783. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 24.2 x 21.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin 1986.63

title:				Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra and Courtiers
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creation date:			c. 1783
creation date earliest:		1775
creation date latest:		1785
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creditline:			Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin
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culture:	Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra
technique:	gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 24.2 x 21.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1986
	opening date:   1987-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1986</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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

* Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 13, 2003 - February 18, 2004.

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PROVENANCE

	George Bickford [1901–1991], Cleveland Heights, OH
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	Mrs. Alfred M. [Clara Taplin] Rankin [b. 1917], Gates Mills, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1986
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1986–
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fun fact:
This painting once belonged to Cleveland attorney George P. Bickford, who endowed positions at the CMA and Harvard.

digital description:
Ruler of the western Himalayan kingdom of Kangra from 1775 to 1823, Sansar Chand (1765–1823) is seated on a red dais. As a youth at around 18 years of age, he still has not grown a beard, and his distinctive curly bushy hair is visible beneath his pink turban. This portrait may commemorate the Mughals relinquishing control of Kangra in 1783.

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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. 75; plate 71
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