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Maharana Sangram Singh of Mewar Visiting Savina Khera Math

about 1720–30
Object PlaceMewar, Rajasthan, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor and gold on paper, backed with cotton mesh
Dimensions65.09 x 73.02 cm (25 5/8 x 28 3/4 in.)
Credit LineCharles Bain Hoyt Fund
Accession number1999.94
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsAn eight-line Hindi inscription on the reverse describes the event depicted on the obverse.
ProvenanceBy 1960, Maharana of Mewar, Rajasthan, India; 1960s, sent to Switzerland by Maharana for conservation and subsequent sale. 1997, sold by a private collector to Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York; 1999, sold by Terence McInerney Fine Arts to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 23, 1999)
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