Collection: Stipple Master

The Stipple Master worked as a painter at the court of Maharaja Amar Singh II in Udaipur between approximately 1690 and 1715. His documented works include portraits, religious scenes, and illuminated manuscripts, executed in opaque watercolor and gold on paper, a medium characteristic of Rajput ateliers.

His technique combined fine stipple shading with saturated mineral pigments to model faces and textiles. Prince Amar Singh (1672–1710) Drives His Own Elephant (c. 1695) depicts the ruler in profile against a flat gold ground, while A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey (c. 1705–1710) isolates the animal in three-quarter view on a plain background, both compositions framed by narrow floral borders.

The Stipple Master’s stipple method influenced later Udaipur court painters, who adopted the technique for portrait miniatures throughout the 18th century.