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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1760-70 creation date earliest: 1760 creation date latest: 1770 current location: creditline: Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski copyright: --- culture: India, Himachal Pradesh, Mandi technique: Opaque watercolor and ink on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- 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.) 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 --- PROVENANCE George P. Bickford [1901-1991], Cleveland, OH, to Dr. Norman Zaworski date: footnotes: citations: Dr. Norman Zaworski [1920-2013], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-2012 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2012- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.302/2012.302_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.302/2012.302_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.302/2012.302_full.tif