Indian school miniature: 'Audience with Maharaja Ranjit Singh', opaque pigments heightened with gold

Full title: Indian school miniature: 'Audience with Maharaja Ranjit Singh', opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 19th C.

Description:
Dim.: 43 x 33,5 cm (the outer size)
Dim.: 41 x 31,5 cm (the blue border) Ranjit Singh, the first Sikh maharaja of the Punjab (r.1801-1839), is depicted seated on a western-style chair with a leg tucked underneath him, a manner in which he was often seen by European visitors to his court. Also known as the "Lion of the Punjab", Ranjit Singh commanded the greatest respect amongst the Sikhs, after the Gurus. In 1799, Ranjit Singh captured the Fort of Lahore which was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in the 1560s. In 1801, he was proclaimed Maharaja of the Punjab and ruled the region for almost forty years, uniting the Sikhs during his reign.

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