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Portrait, probably of Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur
Portrait, probably of Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur

Portrait, probably of Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur

mid to late 17th century
Object Placeprobably Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions18.5 x 11 cm (7 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and by contribution
Accession number14.669
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1912, Victor Goloubew (b. 1879 - d. 1945), Paris [see note 1]; 1914, sold by Goloubew through M. Meyer-Riefstahl to the MFA for $76,999.81 (total price for 14.532-700). (Accession Date: June 4, 1914)

NOTES:
[1] Victor Goloubew was born in Russia but lived in Paris by the time of this acquisition. He formed this collection of Persian and Indian miniature paintings and exhibited it at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris from 1912 to 1914 (Paull, Florence Virginia. "The Goloubew Collection of Persian and Indian Paintings." Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin. Vol. XIII. No. 74. (February 1915) 1-16).