2009.202.75: Rhinoceros Hunt

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

Permissions

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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

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