Observe the image and answer the following question.
Who is credited with painting this equestrian portrait of Aniruddha Singh?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Tulchi Ram
Option (1) Nuruddin — Incorrect. Nuruddin worked in the court of Bikaner and painted the Rasikapriya painting Krishna Swinging and Radha in Sad Mood.
Option (2) Tulchi Ram — Correct. The equestrian portrait of Aniruddha Singh is by Tulchi Ram; his name is inscribed behind the painting.
Option (3) Sahibdin — Incorrect. Sahibdin is the chitara named in the Maru Ragini inscription from Udaipur, in Mewar.
Option (4) Nihal Chand — Incorrect. Nihal Chand was Sawant Singh’s artist at Kishangarh, known for Bani Thani.
NCERT (2026-27):
“Raja Aniruddha Singh Hara Aniruddha Singh (1682–1702) succeeded Bhao Singh. Few remarkable paintings with interesting documentary evidence have survived from his period. One of them being the much talked of equestrian portrait of Aniruddha Singh by artist Tulchi Ram painted in 1680. It epitomises an artist’s perception of speed and a horse in motion that he accomplished by completely negating the rendering of the foreground.” |
