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Maharana Jagat Singh II of Mewar (r. 1734–51) Dressed as a Bhil, Hunting Deer at Night

c. 1735–40

attributed to Chokha

(Indian, active c. 1799–1824)
Culture
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Page: 17.2 x 24.8 cm (6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.146
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A woman also wearing a leaf skirt roasts kabobs on a three-pronged fork for a midnight snack on the riverbank.

Description

The ruler, who has the title Maharana, wears the leaf skirt of the Bhil people of Western India, as he hunts deer with a female tracker. They both wear a girdle of bells to scare the quarry out of the underbrush, and she illuminates them using directed light from a lamp in a pot. The king has shot a deer in the neck; rabbit, antelopes, and boar scamper away.
A horizontally oriented gum tempera and ink painting depicts three figures with medium skin tones hunting at night. To our left, Maharana Jagat Singh II aims a bow at deer and rabbits fleeing on a dark hillside to our right, illuminated by golden rays from a lamp. Below, a figure crouches by a fire under a leafy tree. A serpentine silver shape winds through the dark sky beneath a line of horizontal script.

Maharana Jagat Singh II of Mewar (r. 1734–51) Dressed as a Bhil, Hunting Deer at Night

c. 1735–40

Chokha

(Indian, active c. 1799–1824)
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

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