Both he and his attendant have Mughal sashes with lavishly embroidered flowering plants.Saint-jean M, Khammari A, Jasson F, Nguyen JM, DrГ©no B. Raja Bikram Singh fought for the Mughal emperor Alamgir (reigned 1658-1707),so his accessories include Mughal weaponry, such as the long curved sword and piercing dagger. An early example of portraiture in the western Himalayan court, this painting shows a regional king, with a distinctive pockmarked face, who has adopted hookah smoking, a courtly pleasure of his Mughal overlords. The attendant is rendered smaller than the king, indicating h Raja Bikram Singh of Guler (reigned 1661-85) Smoking, about 1680. Both he and his attendant have Mughal sashes with lavishly embroidered flowering plants. Raja Bikram Singh of Guler (reigned 1661-85) Smoking, about 1680. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly re Plate 70.-Mochica pottery, a, Excellent and unusual relief sculpture b, Ai apaec, the Supreme Divinity, as an agriculturist, shelling corn c, the Supreme Divinity conquers a demon vampire d, death's head of Ai apaec e, removing a tumor /, representation of a face pockmarked by disease g, the earthly divinity sails the seas h, portrait study. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly re. Yet, he would never have appeared publicly with unkempt hair and an open collar, which constituted the standard for representing an artist. Unlike the other sculptures in this gallery, which idealize their subjects, this portrait, by depicting GluckвЂ™s pockmarked face, was perceived as a natural and truthful representation. A well-known composer of the 1700s, Gluck reformed opera by bringing unprecedented simplicity and sincerity to his music and staging, qualities shared by HoudonвЂ™s bust. Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck, c.

The two-ribbon tie was worn both in Genoa and at the court of Louis XIV. Our subject has not been ascertained, but his identity may someday be unraveled through his dis tinctive pockmarked face and pugnacious profile. Lacroix, Franco-Flemish Franco-Flemish The virtuoso Baroque carver, here signing C Lacroix fecit (under the man's left arm), was a Franco-Flemish native whose principal activity was in Genoa he was possibly the same Lacroix, given name unrecorded, who was in Rome producing sculptures for the gardens at Versailles in 1680. Lacroix established these details, Bust ca.

Pock marked face