This drawing adds to our strong holdings of art from the reign of Maharana Amar Singh II, a pivotal period in Mewar painting. During that time, techniques, genres, and styles influenced by those of the Mughal court began to be adopted by some of the premier artists of the Mewar atelier. Several of them, including the master who created this work, eschewed the characteristic colorful, patterned paintings of traditional Hindu themes and instead created more realistically observed colored drawings that celebrated the worldly activities of the maharana. This artist's work is characterized by the use of stippling and dramatic shading to model forms.

In this drawing, Amar Singh II, accompanied by four retainers, is shown riding to the hunt on a prized horse from Jodhpur. In many ways, the dramatically rendered blue gray steed is the artistic focus. Portraits of favorite horses and elephants were a Mughal genre, as were nature studies. Here, the artist has combined the depiction with another Mughal idiom, the royal hunt. The principal figures are set in front of a barren hill; only the foreground is enlivened with a frieze of plants. Beyond the hill stretches a plain. At the upper right is a Saivite shrine, perhaps Eklingi, near Udaipur; at the upper left is a walled garden.