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Raja Sidh Sen of Mandi as a manifestation of Shiva

Indian, Pahari
about 1725
Object Place: Mandi, Punjab Hills, Northern India

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions Overall 27.1 x 18.2 cm (10 11/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Keith McLeod Fund
Accession Number2001.137
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Inscriptions2 Sri Maharaja Sidh Sen Saheb Bahadur, Vali-i Rayasat Mandi
Likhaa Subh ji

Sri Maharaja Sidh Sen Saheb Bahadur, Ruler of the State of Mandi.

The number 2 probably represents that this was the second in a series of portraits.
ProvenanceLatifi collection (probably Alma Latifi, b. 1879 - d. 1959, Bombay. About 1947, taken to Europe. 2001, sold by Sam Fogg (dealer), London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 21, 2001)