id: 314487 accession number: 2018.181 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.181 updated: 2023-08-24 01:24:36.134000 Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (r. 1828–66) Worships Brij Nathji as the Bridegroom, c. 1830s. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota. Gum tempera and gold on paper; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.181 title: Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (r. 1828–66) Worships Brij Nathji as the Bridegroom title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1830s creation date earliest: 1810 creation date latest: 1830 current location: creditline: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota technique: gum tempera and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Krishna and the Path of Grace – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation opening date: 2020-08-14T04:00:00 Krishna and the Path of Grace – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 14, 2020-March 7, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: –2018 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2018– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The ruler of Kota, worshipping Shri Nathji at the left, is identifiable by his distinctive muttonchops. digital description: Shri Nathji, the dark stone sculpture carved in high relief with its monolithic stele is here shown sumptuously dressed, wearing the square headdress of a bridegroom. His long tuft of hair, braided with flowers, swings to one side, while the end of his stole swings to the other, imparting joyous vitality and dynamism. wall description: Shri Nathji, the dark stone sculpture carved in high relief with its monolithic stele, is here shown sumptuously dressed, wearing the square headdress of a bridegroom. His long tuft of hair, braided with flowers, swings to one side, while the end of his stole swings to the other, imparting joyous vitality and dynamism. When Shri Nathji is dressed as the bridegroom, the worshiper—whether male or female—is to experience the emotion of the bride for her beloved betrothed. Here, the worshiper on the left is the local ruler Maharao Ram Singh, with the priest on the right, dressed in white. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.181/2018.181_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.181/2018.181_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.181/2018.181_full.tif