Jai Singh III of Jaipur (r. 1818–1835) Riding (c. 1820): Art, History and Details

Jai Singh III of Jaipur (r. 1818–1835) Riding (c. 1820) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In contrast to imperial Mughal painting and Western portraiture, native or Rajput Indian portraits are simpler and more monumental in design, standing essentially as symbols of general ideas. Here the Rajput ruler sits unaffected by the gallop of his mount, with the trappings of a warrior and the devotional marks of a follower of the Hindu god Vishnu on his forehead. He is depicted as an ideal warrior king, pious, in full control, gazing ahead abstractly as though seeing an immutable truth.

Object facts

• Title: Jai Singh III of Jaipur (r. 1818–1835) Riding
• Date: c. 1820
• Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Jaipur
• Type: Painting
• Technique: Gum tempera and ink on paper
• Dimensions: Overall: 10 x 14.3 cm (3 15/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 1925.1337

Collection credit

Gift of J. H. Wade

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