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| Keywords: Maharaja Bijay Singh in His Harem, ca. 1770.jpg Maharaja Bijay Singh is shown nestling with one of his wives in the midst of his harem listening to a musical performance Several of the women intoxicated by the performance have begun to dance and two others frolic in the forest beyond the marble terrace The painting is beautifully rendered and the colors particularly rich with hot reds oranges and yellows offset by cooler lavenders pinks and greens Perhaps the most unusual elements are the sumptuous textiles not only the gorgeous costumes but even more so the extraordinary rugs Most distinctive is the large lavender-ground carpet with gold floral arabesques and red and pink leaves and flowers inhabited by multicolored parrots A similar carpet but differently colored appears in another Marwar painting probably by the same artist in the Harvard University Museum Collections ~ 1770 Ink opaque watercolor 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 in 34 6 x 27 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art Maharaja Bijay Singh in His Harem India Rajasthan Jodhpur 2002 38 In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2000 “ http //www metmuseum org/toah/works-of-art/2002 38 October 2006 object history credit line Purchase Friends of Asian Art Gifts accession number 2002 38 http //www metmuseum org/Collections/search-the-collections/60037814 http //www metmuseum org/toah/works-of-art/2002 38 PD-old Jodhpur State Uploaded with UploadWizard Dance in paintings of India Female musicians in art of India 1770s paintings from India 18th-century Mughal miniatures Watercolor paintings of people of India | ||||
