id: 169341 accession number: 2011.207 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.207 updated: 2023-03-22 03:04:48.132000 Portrait of Maharaja Pratap Singh (1764–1803), c. 1793. Attributed to Sahib Ram (Indian, active 1745–1803). Colored ink drawing; overall: 61.4 x 40.5 cm (24 3/16 x 15 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 2011.207 title: Portrait of Maharaja Pratap Singh (1764–1803) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1793 creation date earliest: 1788 creation date latest: 1798 current location: creditline: Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski copyright: --- culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Jaipur technique: Colored ink drawing department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Sahib Ram (Indian, active 1745–1803) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 61.4 x 40.5 cm (24 3/16 x 15 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Sensuous Line: Indian Drawings from the Paul F. Walter Collection. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (June 22-August 29, 1976). --- PROVENANCE (Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, NY, sold to Paul F. Walter) date: ?–1975 footnotes: citations: Paul F. Walter, New York date: 1975–2002? footnotes: citations: (Sotheby's, 2002 sale, sold to Dr. Norman Zaworski) date: 2002 footnotes: citations: Dr. Norman Zaworski [1920–2013], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 2002–2011 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2011– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Maharaja Pratap Singh came to the throne in the princely state of Jaipur in 1778 at the age of 14, about 15 years before this portrait was painted. He was a poet and patron of the arts known for commissioning the famous “Palace of the Winds” in Jaipur. At his court he maintained an atelier of about 50 painters, among whom was a Muslim master, Sah ib Ram, to whom this painting is attributed.

Pratap Singh was a devotee of the Hindu god Krishna, and the mark on his forehead testifies to this affiliation. Though highly stylized, this portrait is recognizable as an image of Singh because of his profile and the distinctive curl of hair at the nape of his neck. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Pal, Pratapaditya and Catherine Ann Glynn. The Sensuous Line: Indian Drawings from the Paul F. Walter Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976. page number: Reproduced: cover and cat. no. 14, p. 22 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.207/2011.207_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.207/2011.207_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.207/2011.207_full.tif