Portrait of Raja Tegh Chand
DateLate 18th century
MediumOpaque watercolors on paper
Dimensions3 5/8 x 3 3/8 inches (9.2 x 8.6 cm)
CultureIndian
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of Wolf Ladejinsky
Terms
- Paintings
- Male portraits
- Profile portraits
- Ink
- Beards
- Headdresses
- Headgear
- Turbans
- brown paper w/ some white lightning
- Indian
Object number74.060.009
Label CopyThe Punjab Hills, located at the foothills of the Himalayas, provided valuable contributions to Indian painting between the 17th and 19th century. Two thirds of the thirty-five feudal states that comprised this region had their own schools of painting. Popular themes among the prolific Punjab artists included the adoration of God, romantic love, and royal portraiture.
This particular image portrays Raja Tegh Chand, son of Ghamand Chand, the great ruler who suceeded in regaining all of Kangra territory that had been lost to the Mughals in 1620. Tegh Chand ruled for only about a year, but maintained Kangra’s position as premier state in the southern Punjab.
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