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Keywords: Portrait of an Old Man Northern India.jpg Indian portrait paintings often depict their subjects standing in profile against a plain backdrop This quiet delicate portrait of an unidentified older man appears to have been made in Marwar the princely state surrounding the city of Jodhpur in Rajasthan because the man wears a Marwari-style turban He does not wear particularly opulent clothing he lacks jewelry a sword or the decorative sash usually sported by courtiers in this period The emphasis of the painting seems to be on the sensitive rendering of his wrinkled face and on the unusual purple sack that he carries over one shoulder It is likely that this man was an honored artist or scholar someone worth celebrating in a courtly portrait but not a member of the aristocracy ~ 1730 Opaque watercolor on paper Overall 9 3/8 x 5 7/16 in 23 8 x 13 8 cm Brooklyn Museum object history credit line Gift of the executors of the estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam accession number 32 1322 http //www brooklynmuseum org/opencollection/labs/splitsecond/painting php id 7 Brooklyn_Museum-no_known_restrictions PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Rajput men 1730s paintings from India
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