Maharaja Raj Singh of Sawar (r. 1705-30) with his orchestra of young women

Unknown (Indian)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1715

Height:

31.5 cm  (12 3/8 in.)

Width:

50.2 cm  (19 3/4 in.)

framed: 45.09 x 66.68 x 2.54 cm

Technique / Medium:

opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Place of creation:

Sāwar (Rājasthān, Bhārat)

Description

In decorative outdoor surroundings, nineteen seated young women encircle a seated hookah-breathing man and play a variety of string and percussion instruments (possibly tambura, rabab, duktar (dotara), setar, bin or vina, pakhavaj, mrdanga or dhol); two un-played instruments and images of various birds, flowers, and trees dot the scene.

People as subjects

Raj Singh, Maharaja of Sawar (1646–1730) (Non-musician/dancer)

Iconclass

48CC7531
large group of musicians - CC - 'concert champetre'

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Tambura [3461]
Rabab [3198]
Setar [3444]
Vina [3708]
Bin [3626]
Mrdanga [2676]
Pakhavaj [2703]
Dotara [3355]
Dhol [2572]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5612