Collection Online as of December 6, 2022
Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (r. 1828–66) Worships Brij Nathji as the Bridegroom
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.181
Location
not on view
Description
Shri Nathji, the dark stone sculpture carved in high relief with its monolithic stele is here shown sumptuously dressed, wearing the square headdress of a bridegroom. His long tuft of hair, braided with flowers, swings to one side, while the end of his stole swings to the other, imparting joyous vitality and dynamism.