M. Balwant Singh with Colonel Borthwick

Object Details

• Artist

  Baijnath

• School/Tradition

  Devargh or Ratlam school

• Description

  Maharaja Balwant Singh of Ratlam in procession with Colonel Borthwick.

• Inscriptions

  Verso: “Portrait of Maharaja Balwant Singh of Ratlam after his coronation in procession in the 3rd week of June 1825. Accompanied by his foster-brother Moji. Riding on the second elephant is Colonel Borthwick, resident advisor and on the white horse, the accountant to the Maharaja, Hirachand. And on the dark horse is Kotari, the storekeeper and master of ceremonies. Sheikh Sirdar Mohammad is on the front forward horse.”

• Provenance

  From at least 2002

  J. Lowell Groves (1914-2008), San Francisco, California [1]

  2009

  Sale, San Francisco, Bonhams & Butterfields, Fine Asian Works of Art, June 29, 2009, lot no. 8282 (one of 2), “Two Indian miniature paintings: Mewar” [2]

  From 2009 to 2010

  Terence McInerney, New York, New York, purchased at auction, “Fine Asian Works of Art,” Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, June 29, 2009, lot 8282 (one of 2): “Two Indian miniature paintings: Mewar” [3]

  From 2010 to 2018

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Terence McInerney, New York, New York [4]

  From 2018

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim [5]

  Notes:

  [1] According to Andrew Topsfield, Court Painting at Udaipur: Art Under the Patronage of the Maharanas of Mewar, Zurich: Artibus Asiae Supplementum XLIV, 2002, fig. 214.

  [2] See auction catalogue “Fine Asian Works of Art,” Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, June 29, 2009, lot 8282 (one of 2): “Two Indian miniature paintings: Mewar.”

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

  [5] See note 4.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  J. Lowell Groves (American, 1914-2008)

  Terence McInerney Fine Arts, Ltd.

  Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim

• Origin

  Devgarh or Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh state, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1820s

• Name

  Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine, Benkaim, Catherine Glynn, McInerney, Terence, Groves, J. Lowell

• Place

  Devgarh, Madhya Pradesh state, Ratlam, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Men, Ruler

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings