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Maharao Madho Singh hunting wild boar

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  • Description

    Madho Singh, the first ruler of Kota (r.1631-1648) gallops in pursuit of wild boar, a favourite prey of Rajput huntsmen. In this posthumous portrait, the Rao leans forward to thrust at the boar with his dagger, while the landscape is infused with a dynamic energy. The composition derives ultimately from early 17th century wall-paintings in the Bundi palace.

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › south Rajasthan › Kota (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1720
    Associated people
    Madho Singh I, Maharao of Kota (ruled 1631 - 1648) (subject)
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 62.9 x 75.4 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 49.8 x 62.3 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.79

  • Further reading

    Guy, John, and Britschgi, Jorrit, Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100-1900. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011), no. 68 on p. 137

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 105 on p. 244, p. 19, illus. pp. 182-183 & 245

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