File:A portrait of Maharaja Ranjit Singh seated with Dhian Singh and Kharak Singh.jpg
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English: Unidentified artist
A portrait of Maharaja Ranjit Singh seated with Dhian Singh and Kharak Singh gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper, identifying inscriptions in black nasta'liq script below the figures, with narrow dark blue borders comprising scrolling floral vines, framed painting: 23.8 by 19.8cm. leaf: 28 by 22.7cm. North India, Punjab Plains, Lahore, circa 1830 Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) is depicted seated on a yellow Indian stool with his prime minister, Raja Dhian Singh (1796-1843) kneeling in front of him. Maharaja Kharak Singh (1801-40), his eldest son and heir, is seated to his right on a European-style chair. A comparable work depicting Maharaja Ranjit Singh seated with Raja Hira Singh, also painted in Lahore and dated to circa 1830, is illustrated in Toor, 2018, pp.80-81. Another illustration depicting Maharaja Ranjit Singh seated on a terrace with Raja Dhian Singh and other Sikh noblemen, painted in Punjab circa 1830-40, formerly in the Karl and Elizabeth Katz collection, sold at Christie’s, online sale, 5-12 December 2017, lot 55. |
| Date | circa 1830 |
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| Author | unidentified artist |
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