# Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (r. 1828–66) Worships Brij Nathji as the Bridegroom

- Date: c. 1830s
- Medium: gum tempera and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
- Credit line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.181)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2018.181/2018.181_web.jpg
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Shri Nathji, the dark stone sculpture carved in high relief with its monolithic stele is here shown sumptuously dressed, wearing the square headdress of a bridegroom. His long tuft of hair, braided with flowers, swings to one side, while the end of his stole swings to the other, imparting joyous vitality and dynamism.