Portrait of Gadadhar Prasad (1881): Art, History and Details

Portrait of Gadadhar Prasad (1881) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

The portrait is of a man clad in a sumptuous gold and maroon robe sitting on an armchair in a carpeted interior hung with green glass lamps. European influence is also notable in the front-facing depiction of the subject, instead of the profile-facing depiction in traditional Rajasthani portraiture. The person appears to be from a wealthy background as he wears pearl and emerald necklaces and gold bracelets.

Object facts

• Title: Portrait of Gadadhar Prasad
• Date: 1881
• Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Alwar
• Type: Painting
• Technique: gum tempera and gold on cotton cloth
• Dimensions: 47.6 x 37.5 cm (18 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 2018.173

A detail from the museum

The subject is wearing toe-rings on his right foot.

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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