Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (r. 1828–66) Worships Brij Nathji as the Bridegroom (c. 1830s): Art, History and Details

Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (r. 1828–66) Worships Brij Nathji as the Bridegroom (c. 1830s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

Shri Nathji, the dark stone sculpture carved in high relief with its monolithic stele is here shown sumptuously dressed, wearing the square headdress of a bridegroom. His long tuft of hair, braided with flowers, swings to one side, while the end of his stole swings to the other, imparting joyous vitality and dynamism.

Object facts

• Title: Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (r. 1828–66) Worships Brij Nathji as the Bridegroom
• Date: c. 1830s
• Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
• Type: Painting
• Technique: gum tempera and gold on paper
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 2018.181

A detail from the museum

The ruler of Kota, worshipping Shri Nathji at the left, is identifiable by his distinctive muttonchops.

Collection credit

Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

View the collection record

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