Maharaja Baghji with Courtiers and His Infant Son

Ala Bagas · ca. 1750

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Palette

Pale stone
37% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.6:1

Crimson
18% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.1:1

Terracotta
15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Bronze
15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

Slate blue
12% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.5:1

Coffee
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.5:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

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Artist: Ala Bagas
Indian
Date: ca. 1750
Type: Painting
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver and gold on paper
Size: Image: 12 3/4 x 8 11/16 in. (32.4 x 22 cm) Overall (Page): 14 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (37.8 x 27 cm)
Place: India (Rajasthan, Mewar)
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 59, colourfulness 26

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky, by exchange, 2006. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Made by Ala Bagas (death year unrecorded), made by 1760: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Maharaja Baghji with Courtiers and His Infant Son

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