Maharana Amar Singh II Is Shown Two Silver Elephants ca. 1705 Stipple Master Indian The semi-colored drawing technique seen here, a cross between grisalle tonal drawing—known in the Mughal tradition as nim qalam—and watercolor, developed at Udaipur and is associated with a master painter in the service of Amar Singh II and Sangram Singh II in the early eighteenth century. The style of this anonymous artist, called the Stipple Master, remained a singular phenomenon at that court. He devoted himself exclusively to painting portraits of his Maharana Amar Singh II Is Shown Two Silver Ele
Maharana Amar Singh II Is Shown Two Silver Elephants ca. 1705 Stipple Master Indian The semi-colored drawing technique seen here, a cross between grisalle tonal drawing—known in the Mughal tradition as nim qalam—and watercolor, developed at Udaipur and is associated with a master painter in the service of Amar Singh II and Sangram Singh II in the early eighteenth century. The style of this anonymous artist, called the Stipple Master, remained a singular phenomenon at that court. He devoted himself exclusively to painting portraits of his Maharana Amar Singh II Is Shown Two Silver Elephants. Stipple Master (Indian, active ca. 1690–1715). India (Rajasthan, Mewar). ca. 1705. Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper. Paintings
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