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Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (r. 1828–66) Hunting Buffalo
1832
- Medium
- gum tempera, gold and silver on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Page: 31.5 x 41 cm (12 3/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
- Culture
- Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Credit line
- Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- 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
In an energized hunting scene, the equestrian Maharaja Ram Singh smites a running buffalo with his sword. The Maharaja is supported by a hunting party, who carry various objects for the Rajput king’s vanity, including additional swords, a fly whisk, a parasol, and a canopy.
