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A STIPPLED SKETCH OF SHRI BRIJNATHJI PLAYING HOLI WITH THE GOPIS
KOTAH, EARLY 18TH CENTURYBlack and red ink and white gouache on paper.The recto's scene stippled throughout its outline; meanwhile on the verso the artist continues variations on the scene. 5 x 7 in. (12.6 x 17.8 cm)
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Full of distinctive interactions, this drawing served as a finished template used to layout paintings. Amongst the delightful vignettes imagined by the artist are two girls behind Shri Brijnathji delighting in each other's company, a foremost maiden in front spraying him with a defiant look, and a beautiful woman (top right) catching a glimpse over the crowd; even a little girl spies an opening for a cheap shot up-close.??Here, the painter follows a Rajasthani convention of depicting the ruler in his own likeness as a personification of Shri Brijnathji. The arrangement of the ruler's turban and his distinctive profile, with a long, pointed nose, matches a portrait of Rao Arjun Singh of Kota inspecting a horse (Goswamy & Fischer, Pahari Masters, Zurich, 1992, p.476, fig.19). A related, similarly elaborate composition of Krishna and the Cowherds is published in Pal, The Sensuous Line, Los Angeles, 1976, p.25, no.17.ProvenanceRay E. Lewis, San Francisco, 1960sCollection of Milo Cleveland Beach