Riding with Attendants
Up Prince on a Stallion Riding with Attendants Sultan Abdullah Rajas Elephant Attacked Sultan Jamshid

 

Jodhpur School

From the 16th-19th centuries there were many equestrian portraits and durbar scenes. Often the characteristic fort at Jodhpur, built on a massive rocky outcrop and towering over a flat semi-desert landscape, is shown in the background of these paintings and can help to identify them.

© Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA

UEA 576

India, Rajasthan, Ghanarao or Jodhpur

Raja Viram Dev of Ghanero out riding with attendants

1770; by the Bikaner artist Shihab al-din

Opaque watercolour and gold on paper

17.3 x 12.5in (43.8 x 31.8cm)

Acquired 1974

 

The Raja is painted in the typical Mughul equestrian portrait style. His face is in profile, his large moustache and large red turban are unmistakably Rajasthani, but his fine flowing costume and jewellery are painted in the detailed Mughul style. There are quite a lot of amusing details - attendants on foot carry various objects, a mace, a tether, a leafy branch and a picnic carpet, and there is even one attendant running alongside with the huqqa so the Raja can smoke as he rides. There is general air of enjoyment. 

Click here, or on the background of the picture to see the top in more detail.

 

home page

© Page created by: Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, College Road, Framlingham, Suffolk, United Kingdom. IP13 9EP. Tel: 01728-723354. Fax: 01728-724834.