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Maharana Ari Singh II (after 27 July 1724 – 9 March 1773) was the Maharana of the Kingdom of Mewar. His accession to the throne was controversial as he was alleged to have made his way clear and unopposed by killing Kunwar Ratan Singh, the only child of his nephew and predecessor Maharana Raj Singh II (born 1743, r.
Maharana Ari Singh II of Mewar (r. 1761–73) with His Consort on a Terrace, c. 1761. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera and...
His uncle Maharana Ari Singh II succeeded the throne after his nephew’s death while many accused him of occupying the throne through unfair means. Ari Singh II was said to have an uncontrollable temper because of which the nobles and chieftains of Mewar started distancing themselves from the ruler.
Title: Maharana Ari Singh II of Mewar on Horseback. Geography: Kishangarh, India. Date: ca. 1775-1780. Medium: opaque watercolour heightened with gold on paper. Classification: miniature. Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.5 cm (painting), 28 x 19.6 cm (folio) Inventory number: LAD 2011.072. Contact for images: images@louvreabudhabi.ae.
Maharana Ari Singh II of Mewar (r. 1761–73) with His Consort on a Terrace. c. 1761. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera and gold on paper. Page: 46 x 30.9 cm (18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.); Miniature: 41 x 24.5 cm (16 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
This painting portrays Maharana Ari Singh, seated in the Amar Villas section of the City Palace at Udaipur, attended by his courtiers while he worships an enthroned Linga, an abstract form of the god Shiva. In the courtyard below, with its water tank and formal garden, musicians and dancers perform in praise of the god.
Maharana Ari Singh II enjoying Jagmandir, for example, builds a sense of pleasures savored at a meandering pace. The bird’s-eye perspective allows us to follow the maharana as he admires trees plump with pomegranates, shoots fish from a ceremonial window, and observes the feeding of crocodiles.
