A noble, probably Raja Gaur Sen, receives another noble
Unknown Artist
c. 1700–20
Medium
Gum tempera on paper
Dimensions
image: 16.4 × 14.8 cm · page: 19.8 × 14.8 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Accession Number
2018.99
About this artwork
Two nobles dressed in royal apparel greet each other. The man in a pine green jama folds his hands in supplication to the one clad in a mauve robe. The man on the left is probably a raja, as he adorns his turban with a royal plume and raises his hand to bless the other.