Unknown artist
Portrait of a Raja, probably Raja Dhrub Dev of Jasrota
ca.1690-1700
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.7 × 15.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-127698
Portraits of Dhrub Dev with his distinctive high beaked nose were produced by painters from Mankot, Jasrota and Jammu. In the manner typical of Mankot, Jasrota, and Jammu portraiture in the early eighteenth century, the artist composed the image by combining plan views (carpet and tray) with frontal representations (figure, bolster, hookah). This painting is ascribed to Jammu because of the uncol…
Provenance
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art
Registry history
- ca.1690-1700 — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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