Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra and Courtiers
Unknown Artist
c. 1783
Medium
gum tempera and gold on paper
Dimensions
24.2 × 21.6 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin
Accession Number
1986.63
About this artwork
Ruler of the western Himalayan kingdom of Kangra from 1775 to 1823, Sansar Chand (1765–1823) is seated on a red dais. As a youth at around 18 years of age, he still has not grown a beard, and his distinctive curly bushy hair is visible beneath his pink turban. This portrait may commemorate the Mughals relinquishing control of Kangra in 1783.