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Tiger Hunt of Ram Singh II
c. 1830–40
- Medium
- Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Painting: 25.3 x 49.1 cm (9 15/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
- Culture
- Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput kingdom of Kota, court of Ram Singh II (reigned 1826–66)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Credit line
- Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the cliffs that define the landscape of the small princely kingdom of Kota, a majestic tiger has just been shot by the king. Noisemakers with a firebrand drive the tiger out of the forest, and men at the right keep bears at bay. The women and musicians in two small boats look on in admiration.
