Maharaja of Kotah Listening to Music and Watching Dancers
Unknown Artist
c. 1820
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions
image: 33.3 × 25.3 cm · paper: 35.4 × 27.2 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Norman Zaworski
Accession Number
2008.297
About this artwork
In the foreground the king enjoys food, wine, and a dance performance with his companions on the terrace of a palace residence. His hunting lodge is on the opposite bank of the river. Deer, wild boar, and the coveted tiger roam the forested wilderness. Rulers of the princely state of Kota adopted many architectural and costume elements from their overlords, the Mughal emperors. The mix of white marble and pink sandstone with rooftop pavilions and niches in the walls are typical of domestic archi...