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Posthumous Portrait of Raja Bhim Singh of Mewar
Indian, Mughal
Mughal period
about 1640–50
Object Place: Mughal artists working at Amber, Rajasthan, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 45.7 × 34 cm (18 × 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick L. Jack Fund
Accession Number1983.165
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsPersian inscription on lower inner border: "Portrait of Bhayun (Bhima), son of Rana Amara."
Dingal (language of Mewar) in devanagari script: "When Amar [Singh] strode through the city of the immortals, Jahangir returned ashamed, Bhima shed no tears, Khurram fled anxious. Man [Singh] whose head was split and whose body was enfeebled, met his fate; while those who are accustomed to flee fled, he [Bhim Singh] did not budge."
In Devanagari, in gold ink: "Portrait of Raja Bhaim [son of?] Amar Singh"
Dingal (language of Mewar) in devanagari script: "When Amar [Singh] strode through the city of the immortals, Jahangir returned ashamed, Bhima shed no tears, Khurram fled anxious. Man [Singh] whose head was split and whose body was enfeebled, met his fate; while those who are accustomed to flee fled, he [Bhim Singh] did not budge."
In Devanagari, in gold ink: "Portrait of Raja Bhaim [son of?] Amar Singh"
Provenance1983, sold by Spink and Son, Ltd., London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 13, 1983)