In Jaipur school more than 50 artists were employed in Suratkhana during the period of :

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The correct option is 4:
Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh's reign (1778–1803 CE) is widely regarded as the golden age of the Jaipur School of painting. During this period, the royal painting workshop, known as the *Suratkhana*, flourished due to his personal and lavish patronage, employing over 50 master artists and their assistants simultaneously. Pratap Singh was an accomplished poet and a devout patron of the Krishna cult, inspiring an enormous volume of artwork dedicated to religious themes like the *Gita Govinda* and *Ragamala*. The sheer scale of the artistic output, combined with the large number of artists required for continuous production of his personal portraits, large court scenes, and monumental religious series, solidifies his era as the peak employment period for the *Suratkhana*.

The incorrect option is 1:
Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II (1699–1743 CE) was the visionary founder of the city of Jaipur and the first to establish the official *Suratkhana* in his new capital. While he laid the crucial foundation for the Jaipur style, the art atelier's operation was in its nascent phase during his period. The number of artists, though significant for the time, was primarily focused on initial court documentation and astronomical works, and had not yet expanded to the immense scale of over 50 specialists seen under Pratap Singh's later rule. His contribution was institutionalizing the art, not maximizing the artist workforce.

The incorrect option is 2:
Maharaja Sawai Prithvi Singh II had a comparatively brief reign (1768–1778 CE), which followed a period of political turmoil. While art production continued in the court tradition, his short tenure was not a period of massive, sustained artistic expansion. It was a transitional phase between the patronage of Madho Singh and the eventual peak reached by his younger brother, Pratap Singh. There is no historical evidence that the *Suratkhana* experienced its highest employment figures during this decade.

The incorrect option is 3:
Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh I (1751–1768 CE) was a great patron who commissioned large, detailed portraits and magnificent processions, which marked a new phase of the Jaipur style. He certainly maintained and supported the *Suratkhana*, commissioning important works, but historical records and the volume of work show that the ultimate height of the workshop's employment and production capacity was not achieved until the following reign of his son, Pratap Singh. Pratap Singh's religious focus and subsequent demand for continuous art series required the highest number of employed artists.