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anonymous: Maharaja Bijay Singh in His Harem  wikidata:Q78718737 reasonator:Q78718737
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India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur
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Title
Maharaja Bijay Singh in His Harem, ca. 1770
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
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Maharaja Bijay Singh is shown nestling with one of his wives in the midst of his harem listening to a musical performance. Several of the women, intoxicated by the performance, have begun to dance, and two others frolic in the forest beyond the marble terrace.

The painting is beautifully rendered and the colors particularly rich, with hot reds, oranges, and yellows offset by cooler lavenders, pinks, and greens. Perhaps the most unusual elements are the sumptuous textiles, not only the gorgeous costumes but even more so the extraordinary rugs. Most distinctive is the large lavender-ground carpet with gold floral arabesques and red and pink leaves and flowers inhabited by multicolored parrots. A similar carpet but differently colored appears in another Marwar painting, probably by the same artist, in the Harvard University Museum Collections.
Date circa 1770
date QS:P571,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium Ink, opaque watercolor
Dimensions 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (34.6 x 27 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Accession number
(2002.38)
Place of creation India Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts
References "Maharaja Bijay Singh in His Harem [India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur] (2002.38)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/2002.38 (October 2006)
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