id:			314453
accession number:	2018.148
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.148
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:59.921000

Equestrian Portrait of Maharana Raj Singh II of Mewar (r. 1755–62), c. 1760. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera and gold on paper; 40 x 28 cm (15 3/4 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.148

title:				Equestrian Portrait of Maharana Raj Singh II of Mewar (r. 1755–62)
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creation date:			c. 1760
creation date earliest:		1754
creation date latest:		1762
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creditline:			Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: 40 x 28 cm (15 3/4 x 11 in.)
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	inscription:	mhārājadhirāja ṣrī rāna ṣrī rāja sīṃgha pratāpa sīṃgha jī ghora
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	inscription:	[[verso, far upper right]] May 10, 1959 


Nama Shankar
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	inscription:	[[verso, upper middle in Hindi]] May 10, 1959 

Shri Vanalal…?
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	inscription:	[[verso, upper center, in red]] 24/111
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	inscription:	[[verso, upper center, partially crossed out]] Naṃ. 33
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	inscription:	[[verso, lower right]] P 28 / 3  


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10 / 5 / 59
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	inscription:	[[verso, upper left, in red]] ?Lno.27
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PROVENANCE

	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2007-2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018-
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