Three Framed Indian Paintings Depicting Figures

18TH-19TH CENTURY

18-19世紀印度細密畫三幅
(1) Standing Nobleman
(Provincial Mughal, 18th Century)
Facing right and wearing pale yellow-green robe with deeper green shaw and pink trousers. Pale green background.
Provenance:
Acquired from Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, Sale 3811, Lot 178, November 20-21, 1975.
(2) Two Muslim Saints
(Rajasthan, Muhgal Style, late 18th Century)
The first depicting a Muslim saint with a gold halo, wearing a yellow robe, kneels against a bolster holding a rosary and with a Qur'an before him, on a white terrace, with a green and blue sky background, blue border.
The second depicting a Muslim saint with a gold halo, kneeling against an orange bolster on a white terrace, holding a rosary and with a Qur'an before him; green background with blue sky, blue border.
Provenance:
Acquired from Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, Sale 3605, Lot 30, February 27-28, 1974.
(3) Unfished Painting of a Seated Nobleman
(Rajasthan, Kishangadh, 2nd Quarter of 19th Century)
Dressed in white with yellow cummerbund and hat, possibly a courtier of Makhan Singh (1838-1841) of Kishangadh.
Provenance:
Acquired from Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, Sale 3811, Lot 210, November 20-21, 1975.

Largest image: 3 x 5 1/2 in., 7.8 x 14 cm.

Property from Anne Gurewich Gordon, Bethesda, Maryland