Maharana Sangram Singh Hunting Wild Boar
Riding a light gray stallion, the maharana of Mewar, Sangram Singh, appears in four scenes, giving an episodic feel to the events recorded. Three of the vignettes depict a royal boar hunt; in the fourth, the ruler rests with his courtiers, admiring the kill, as their horses and a pack camel wait patiently nearby. Hunting dogs pursue and bring down the prey, which have been wounded by lances and arrows. A temple and village appear on the upper horizon, a recurring motif seen in a number of Mewar school paintings of this period. The resulting composition is somewhat chaotic but conveys, one suspects, a sense of the reality of such occasions.
Artwork Details
- Title: Maharana Sangram Singh Hunting Wild Boar
- Date: ca. 1725
- Culture: Western India, Rajasthan, Udaipur
- Medium: Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 17 13/16 in. (31.1 x 45.2 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Mary G. Hamilton, 1983
- Object Number: 1983.508
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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