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"tombstone": "Portrait of Maharaja Rai Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1574-1612), c. 1590. Nur Muhammad (Indian, active c. 1580\u20131630). Ink and gum tempera on paper; image: 20.5 x 14.6 cm (8 1/16 x 5 3/4 in.); paper: 42.4 x 26 cm (16 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Flora D. Glass and Elwood G. Glass Jr., 1987.1100",
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"inscription": "Devanagari inscription on the verso reads \u2018sri maharaja sri rai singh ji ri sabi chhe\u2019",
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"inscription": "Nastaliq inscription on the verso reads \u2018dast-i-nur mohammad-bin umar-ud-din\u2019",
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"inscription_translation": "Top left: yaha gulabi mein n\u012bla melavi (Here, add blue into pink.)\nTop-right: rang giri lali mein (Apply a wash of red.)\nNext to the turban: p\u0101gari\u0101 lam auri upar lipa\u1e6di jari (for the turban, an embroidered wrap over orange)\nNext to the staff: \u0101yo suneri (gold here)\nNext to the cummerbund: jari (embroidery pattern)\nOn the sash: dupa\u1e6d\u1e6da: aur\u012b (sash: orange)\nOn the tunic: j\u0101ma: sufed (tunic: white)\nOn the trousers: suthan kirmachi bu\u1e6di sone ki (gold floral pattern on crimson)\nOn the right foot: gulabi upar bu\u1e6di (floral pattern on pink)\nOn the left foot: jari (embroidery design)",
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"title": "Indian Gallery 242 Rotation \u2013 April-November 2018",
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"description": "Drawings such as this served as models for formal painted portraits of Mughal and Rajput royalty in court workshops.
The confident contour lines, delicate shading, and subtle facial expression are the work of the master artist Nur Muhammad (active 1570s\u20131630s), identified in a Persian inscription on the back. He came from a distinguished family of artists who settled in Bikaner by the mid-1500s. Nur Muhammad also worked at the Mughal court, notably for the mother of Emperor Akbar (reigned 1565\u20131605). His descendants continue to be recognized as the master artists of Bikaner up to the present day.",
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