Portrait of Rao Shiv Singh Chandrawat, c. 1720. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Rajput Kingdom of Jodhpur. Gum tempera and gold on paper; miniature: x cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.). The bust portrait of a Rajput ruler shows him wearing a blue turban with floral pattern and white garment. A costly pearl and ruby earring suggests his financial affluence. The artist has exhibited his skill in the sensitive rendering of the figure’s eyebrow and mustache.

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