Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra and courtiers
1775–1785
- Medium
- gum tempera and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 24.2 x 21.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
About
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.