Portrait of Raja Jagat Singh of Nurpur (reigned 1618–46)

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

Museum

Portrait of Raja Jagat Singh of Nurpur (reigned 1618–46)

probably 1619

ArtistBichitr (Indian, active c. 1615–50)

View artist →

Medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting only: 19.1 x 11.6 cm (7 1/2 x 4 9/16 in.); Page: 41 x 32.7 cm (16 1/8 x 12 7/8 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: Indian Art - Mughal
Origin: Mughal India, Court of Jahangir (reigned 1605 - 27), possibly Lahore
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

Market Intelligence

Observed sale facts, comparable evidence, artist index history and modeled research remain separate.

Public evidence

Last known price—0 matched observed sales

Observed median—

Observed sales0

Artist index—

No rights-cleared normalized observed sale is attached to this artwork. No synthetic price history is shown.

Artist index unavailableNo completed public artist-index build exists.Artist-level context is not an artwork valuation.

Comparable Sales

Same-artist public sales ranked by medium, creation year, dimensions and sale recency.

Evidence ranked

No public-rights comparable sales meet the current evidence criteria. RELICT does not fill the table with research-only or licensed-only facts.

Provenance

Public

1930–2005

Private collection, 1930–2005

2005–2013

Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art

2013–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

Private collection, 1930–2005 Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%

Exhibitions

Public

Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2018

Of the Hills: Paintings from India’s Himalayan Kingdoms

Source exhibition text

Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2018. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 2-November 18, 2018). Of the Hills: Paintings from India’s Himalayan Kingdoms. National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC (organizer) (April 18-July 26, 2026) https://asia.si.edu/whats-on/exhibitions/of-the-hills/.

The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%

Sourced Overview Evidence

Jagat Singh was a prince from a small kingdom in the western Himalayan foothills who grew up at the imperial Mughal court of Jahangir and his queen Nur Jahan. He was given the title of prince in 1619, and this painting may commemorate that event. Very few nobles from the hill states had positions at the Mughal court at this time, so his portrait is a rare imperial Mughal painting.<br><br>The emperor and his favorite wife frequently visited Nurpur, named “City of Light” in their honor, to hunt and relax, and Prince Jagat Singh was a favorite of the queen. She interceded on his behalf in 1624, when he joined a rebellion to dethrone her husband.

The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%

Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 3 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.

Place Of OriginShort DescriptionProvenance TextExhibition HistoryCredit Line