# Maharaja Chattarsol of Kota Shooting Lions

- Date: c. 1860
- Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Overall: 30 x 22.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Culture: Northwest India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
- Credit line: Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.150)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2011.150/2011.150_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.