Maharaja of Rewa in Prayer
1886
- Medium
- albumen print
- Dimensions
- 20 × 27.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-199228
Performing religious devotions was part of a maharaja’s duty to protect his kingdom. Praying before an altar, the maharaja fingers prayer beads and sits opposite a mirror, an auspicious object in Hindu worship. The lines painted on the men’s foreheads indicatethat they are devotees of the Hindu god Vishnu. This group portrait demonstrates three ways rulers serve the state: by being a military commander, a worldly scholar, and, in this image, an observant Hindu.
Provenance
Wade Fund, 2016.266.21
Registry history
- 1886 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — photographs
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