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Maharaja Chattarsol of Kota Shooting Lions

c. 1860

Northwest India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota

Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 30 x 22.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 2011.150
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The trope of a royal marksman shooting at a pair of lions drinking at a pond extended into the second half of the 1800s at the Kota court. This suggests that earlier examples of this theme were prized and remembered for generations. By the time this painting was made, artists had access to synthetic pigments that were developed in the West, and more brilliant blues and greens distinguish a work such as this from its predecessors.
A vertically oriented gum tempera and ink painting depicts Maharaja Chattarsol, a man with medium-light skin and a black beard, seated in profile within a white pavilion. He aims a gold rifle toward two light-colored lions near a pond. A dense landscape of green hills teeming with monkeys and birds leads to a pink mountain topped with a white tower. A golden sun emerges behind the peak, illuminating the bird-filled sky.

Maharaja Chattarsol of Kota Shooting Lions

c. 1860

Northwest India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota

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