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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.202.75
Title
Rhinoceros Hunt
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
mid 18th century
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191895

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink on paper; Rajput Style, Kota School
Dimensions
17.5 x 28.8 cm (6 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1983 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Note: Object was accounted for in 1983 inventory.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.202.75
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The drawing depicts Rajput hunters, mounted on either elephants or horses. Armed with spears or bows and arrows, they hunt rhinoceros. Some use spears, and others use bows and arrows. The elephant with its trunk around the neck of a rhinoceros in the bottom left corner is a popular motif in Rajasthani, particularly Kota, works. Rajput Style, Kota School.

Publication History

  • Milo Cleveland Beach and Stuart Cary Welch, The Grand Mogul: Imperial Painting in India, 1600-1660, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA, 1978), Page 22/Figure 2-3

Verification Level

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