Maharana Bhim Singh in Procession

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Artist: Ghasi
Date: c. 1820
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 57.1 × 41.6 cm (22 1/2 × 16 3/8 in.); Paper: 60.7 × 45.6 cm (23 7/8 × 18 in.)
Origin: India
Holding institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Palette: Laurel Cloth · Green family · #5F6F48 · 28%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #E1D5C2 · 15%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #B6A081 · 9%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #966659 · 8%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #8C694C · 8%

Indigo Banner · Blue family · #394E66 · 7%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #6D6349 · 5%

Pumpkin Tempera · Orange family · #CE6B1D · 4%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #494C44 · 4%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #585C51 · 3%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #938760 · 3%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #9D7F3B · 2%

Blue Rag Paper · Blue family · #6D8EA9 · <1%

Seaworn Fresco · Teal family · #647F83 · <1%

Orpiment Flash · Yellow family · #EBC244 · <1%

Blue Rag Paper · Blue family · #A4B8C8 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3F3B31 · <1%

Silverpoint Paper · Gray family · #B4C8CB · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Everett and Ann McNear Collection

11 tags

Royalty and Aristocracy Both · 99%

The title identifies Maharana Bhim Singh, while the image prominently presents a haloed royal figure at the center of a formal procession.
Equestrian Visual · 99%

A mounted central figure on a richly caparisoned horse is surrounded by attendants and ceremonial objects.
Crowds Visual · 98%

Numerous attendants fill the lower and middle portions of the composition, forming a crowded ceremonial scene.
Animals Both · 98%

Horses, falcons, and spotted animals identified in the metadata are visibly incorporated into the procession.

Highly Ornamented Visual · 98%

The painting is densely embellished with patterned garments, ornate horse equipment, floral ground motifs, clouds, and a repeated decorative border.
Patterns Visual · 95%

Repeated floral and geometric motifs appear across the textiles, horse trappings, ground, clouds, and border.

Watercolor Both · 99%

The catalog identifies opaque watercolor and gold on paper, and the image visibly presents painted color areas on a sheet with extensive gold detailing.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to circa 1820, placing it in the nineteenth century.

Indian Art Both · 99%

The work is cataloged as originating in India and in Indian/South Asian styles; its imagery is consistent with a courtly Indian painting tradition.

Gold Both · 99%

Gold is specified in the medium and is visibly used in the halo, jewelry, horse trappings, textiles, and border ornament.
Use of Paper Metadata · 99%

The catalog specifies paper as the support and records separate dimensions for the image and paper.

Ghasi. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/49195

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