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

Date: c. 1670
Medium: gum tempera and gold on paper
Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber
Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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