1965.84: Hunting Scene with Falcons
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1965.84
- Title
- Hunting Scene with Falcons
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Himachal Pradesh
- Period
- Mughal period
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/216335
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.2 x 31.3 cm (8 3/4 x 12 5/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
- Accession Year
- 1965
- Object Number
- 1965.84
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- In this unfinished painting, a large hunting party is depicted on a rolling green landscape. The hunters are shown mounted, on foot leading their horses, or simply on foot. One member of the party is in a cart drawn by two, large, white oxen. A mounted figure on the far right holds up his left arm on which a falcon is perched. Towards the bottom middle of the page is a caparisoned horse. An attendant dressed in a green turban and green robe (jama) holds the steed by the reins in one hand, while holding a matchlock gun in the other. The horse most likely belongs to the figure on the left. He wears a green turban and long green robe. The figure holds up, by the neck, a white goose. At his feet a falcon attacks a brown, black, and white duck. In the top left corner, white geese circle in the air, with another bird nearly in the middle. Pahari Style.
Verification Level
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