Maharana Amar Singh Hunting Sarus Cranes

Attributed to The Stipple Master Indian

ca. 1700

Not on view

The painting—a visual celebration of an expedition undertaken by Amar Singh II himself—is one of the earliest Rajput paintings devoted to hawking. The maharaja, mounted on his chestnut stallion, raises his gloved hand to support the bird of prey, which is already unhooded and awaiting the order to strike. Three of his huntsmen (shikaris) point toward the nesting and circling flock of sarus cranes. The hawk is next seen in the upper landscape and then the third, where it attacks a crane and brings it down in the lake.

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Title: Maharana Amar Singh Hunting Sarus Cranes
Artist: Attributed to The Stipple Master (Indian, active ca. 1690–1715)
Date: ca. 1700
Culture: India, Rajasthan, Udaipur
Medium: Opaque watercolor, gold and tin on paper
Dimensions: Image: 12 3/16 × 17 1/8 in. (31 × 43.5 cm)
Framed: 16 7/8 × 21 5/8 × 3/4 in. (42.9 × 54.9 × 1.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Howard Hodgkin Collection, Purchase, Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, by exchange, 2022
Object Number: 2022.222
Rights and Reproduction: Photo © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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