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Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra and Courtiers
c. 1783
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra and Courtiers
- Date Created: c. 1783
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 24.2 x 21.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: George Bickford [1901–1991], Cleveland Heights, OH, Mrs. Alfred M. [Clara Taplin] Rankin [b. 1917], Gates Mills, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.63
- Medium: gum tempera and gold on paper
- Fun Fact: This painting once belonged to Cleveland attorney George P. Bickford, who endowed positions at the CMA and Harvard.
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra
- Credit Line: Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin
- Collection: Indian Art
- Accession Number: 1986.63
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