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Portrait of Emperor Farrukhsiyar
估價
30,000 - 50,000 USD
招標截止
描述
- Portrait of Emperor Farrukhsiyar
- Attributable to Chitarman II or to Bhawanidas
- Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
- image 8 1/2 by 5 in. (21.7 by 12.7 cm)
- folio 11 1/4 by 7 in. (28.6 by 17.8 cm) unframed
The general style of this portrait is close to the work of the Mughal artist Chitarman II (Kalyan Das), who was active between circa 1700 and 1745. He worked for the Mughal emperors Bahadur Shah I, Farrukhsiyar and Muhammad Shah. As well as the identity of the sitter, which places the work firmly in the middle of Chitarman's working life, the strong delineation and vibrant colours combined with an almost flashy use of gold against a dark background can be compared to a painting in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, of Farrukhsiyar and courtiers marching to the hunt attributed to Chitarman, see T. McInerney, "Chitarman II", p.553 in M. Beach, E. Fischer and B. Goswamy, Masters of Indian Painting, Zurich, 2011, vol.II, pp.547-562.
One particular feature of the present work can be associated with the work of one of Chitarman's contemporaries – the artist Bhawanidas. Close inspection of the upper right of present work reveals a small clump of bushes and palm trees growing from a rocky outcrop and set against a golden-orange sky. The same feature is visible in two works attributed to Bhawanidas at Kishangarh, one of circa 1725 depicting Sahas Mal, and one dated 1745 depicting Savant Singh, see N. Haidar, "Bhawandias", figs.9a and 9b, pp.539 and 541, in M. Beach, E. Fischer and B. Goswamy, Masters of Indian Painting, Zurich, 2011, vol.II, pp.531-545.
Since Bhawanidas would have been working alongside Chitarman II at the Mughal court before he relocated to Kishangarh in 1719, the present work can perhaps be associated with one or other of these artists.
For three portraits of Farrukhsiyar in the British Library (India Office Collections) see T. Falk & M. Archer, Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library, London, 1981, nos. 155-157.
One particular feature of the present work can be associated with the work of one of Chitarman's contemporaries – the artist Bhawanidas. Close inspection of the upper right of present work reveals a small clump of bushes and palm trees growing from a rocky outcrop and set against a golden-orange sky. The same feature is visible in two works attributed to Bhawanidas at Kishangarh, one of circa 1725 depicting Sahas Mal, and one dated 1745 depicting Savant Singh, see N. Haidar, "Bhawandias", figs.9a and 9b, pp.539 and 541, in M. Beach, E. Fischer and B. Goswamy, Masters of Indian Painting, Zurich, 2011, vol.II, pp.531-545.
Since Bhawanidas would have been working alongside Chitarman II at the Mughal court before he relocated to Kishangarh in 1719, the present work can perhaps be associated with one or other of these artists.
For three portraits of Farrukhsiyar in the British Library (India Office Collections) see T. Falk & M. Archer, Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library, London, 1981, nos. 155-157.