Maharaja Raj Singh of Junia

Brush drawing with gold and pigment on paper.

Raj Singh appears within a roughly sketched jharoka window, used by rulers to show themselves to their people. Wearing the tall turban of the Rathor clan, he holds a rose heightened with colour like his lips and jewellery. This large portrait shows a fluent mastery in its drawing and restrained modelling of face and costume. A closely related painting is in a Jaipur private collection.

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