A nobleman

A half-length portrait of a noble facing right with his right arm resting on a gold-bordered orange textile draped over a window ledge. His turban is draped in pearls, he wears numerous rubies, and his gold coat has a fur collar. The profile portrait within a jharokha window and the pale green ground are drawn from Mughal painting. Verso: inscription in nagari script: Pata Saha bhaga nagar ro kam rukdi re bete ro sam. 1744 jeth Abul Hasan. Ruler of Bhaganagar by the son of Ruknuddin, vs. 1744/a.d. 1687, month of Jeth. Abul Hasan. Top verso margin: Abdullah Qutub Shah To 1967 Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi, Bikaner [1] From 1967 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi, Bikaner in December [2] From 2001 to 2018 Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001 From 2018 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim Notes: [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi, Bikaner in December 1967, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [2] See note 1. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi (India, Bikaner)