Maharaja Dhiraj Singh Enjoying Evening Entertainment
Dhiraj Singh, shown relaxing with entertainers on his palace terrace, is recognizable by his distinctive mustache and sideburns and tall turban of Central Indian style. He is being entertained by a nautch (dancer) accompanied by two musicians: a woman with cymbals, who likely also vocalizes, and a man playing the double-sided drum (pakhavaj). The maharaja relaxes on a carpet, his paan box and spittoon placed nearby. It is evidently a night scene and, judging from the dark sky and the second tunic (jama) being worn, it is also cold.
Artwork Details
- Title: Maharaja Dhiraj Singh Enjoying Evening Entertainment
- Date: ca. 1700
- Culture: India, Madhya Pradesh, Raghugarh
- Medium: Opaque watercolor with gold on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 10 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (27 × 19.4 cm)
Framed: 15 × 11 7/8 × 3/4 in. (38.1 × 30.2 × 1.9 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Howard Hodgkin Collection, Purchase, Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, by exchange, 2022
- Object Number: 2022.231
- Rights and Reproduction: Photo © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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