id:			170085
accession number:	2012.302
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.302
updated:		2022-01-04 17:55:12.498000

Raja Shamsher Sen with a Youth, 1760-70. India, Himachal Pradesh, Mandi. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper; image: 16.5 x 13.9 cm (6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.); border: 20.3 x 17.6 cm (8 x 6 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 2012.302

title:				Raja Shamsher Sen with a Youth
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creation date:			1760-70
creation date earliest:		1760
creation date latest:		1770
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creditline:			Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
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culture:	India, Himachal Pradesh, Mandi
technique:	Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 16.5 x 13.9 cm (6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.); Border: 20.3 x 17.6 cm (8 x 6 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	George P. Bickford [1901-1991], Cleveland, OH, to Dr. Norman Zaworski
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	Dr. Norman Zaworski [1920-2013], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2012-
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wall description: 
In 1727 Shamsher Sen inherited the kingdom of Mandi in the western Himalayan foothills. Although he reigned for more than five decades, he was known for his weak character and strange behavior. The artist has rendered him with an intensely staring gaze directed at a young man, possibly his lover, who greets him in an attitude of respect. The king has smeared his forehead with ashes and has the triple lines on his throat that mark him as a devotee of the Hindu god Shiva. The inscription in the bottom margin and another on the verso identify him by name.
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