Interestingly, this portrait has great resemblance with an early 18th century Golconda portrait of an alike, unidentified prince in the collection of the National Museum, New Delhi. The Golconda portrait does not have a halo as has this portrait. Similarly this portrait does not have embroidered on his jama the irises flowers as the Golconda portrait has. The jama here is light steel grey, whereas in the other one it is cream and purple. It has smaller buties, beautiful gold frill on its bottom and prominent plates. The turban in both paintings is in gold and red but unlike the Golconda painting this has on it a crowning finial. The sword and the shield are identical and are held in an alike fashion. The Golconda portrait has a size larger to this portrait and a different type of background consisting of flowering plants, irises with huge butterflies, a lake with lotuses and cranes and curling clouds in the sky. Here it is a comparatively simple background, an expanse of rust with blend of blue above and green below.
This description by Prof. P.C. Jain and Dr Daljeet. Prof. Jain specializes on the aesthetics of ancient Indian literature. Dr Daljeet is the chief curator of the Visual Arts Gallery at the National Museum of India, New Delhi. They have both collaborated on numerous books on Indian art and culture.
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