The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 11, 2026

A horizontally oriented tempera painting depicts Raja Ram Chand of Amber hunting boars. On our right, the Raja, a man with light skin tone in a green robe, kneels in a rectangular blind while aiming a rifle. Two attendants sit behind him. On our left, three dark brown boars forage across a light field. At the top center, a small white moon with a face looks down from a narrow blue sky.

Raja Ram Chand of Amber (r. 1667–88) Hunting Wild Boar

c. 1670

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber

gum tempera and gold on paper
Miniature: 26 x 37.8 cm (10 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.)
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.169
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The full moon with face evokes the dynasty’s name “Chand” or moon.

Description

A Rajput king on a nocturnal hunt points his rifle toward three boars standing amid faint tufts of grass. The raja and his two attendants sit concealed behind a hunting blind, and we see their figures through a thin white screen that blends with the mists and sands in the milky moonlight. The raja, dressed in a green jama (long belted tunic), eyes his quarry intently, nearly ready to fire a bullet, and his attendants anxiously observe.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.169