Maharaja Sital Dev in Devotion, ca. 1690, India (Punjab Hills, Basohli), Ink, opaque watercolor, and silver on paper, Image: 5 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (14.3 x 11.7 cm), Paintings, The image of the blind raja Sital Dev stands apart from other dynastic portraits. Here, the focus is on his private devotion, as he sits holding a mala (rosary) and reciting mantras. Not only is he unattended, but his surroundings are simple and stripped of the iconography of kingship
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Maharaja Sital Dev, Devotion, ca, 1690, India, Punjab Hills, Basohli, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, paper, Image, 5 5/8 x 4 5/8, 14.3 11.7 cm, Paintings, image, blind raja, Sital, Dev, stands, apart, dynastic portraits, focus, private devotion, sits holding, mala, rosary, reciting mantras, unattended, surroundings, simple, stripped, iconography, kingship
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