Princes hunting in a rocky landscape
Unknown Artist
c. 1580–85; borders added c. 1700s
Medium
Ink, slight color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
40.5 × 26 cm · image: 26.4 × 15.8 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Edward L. Whittemore Fund
Accession Number
1940.1197
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The subdued palette of this tinted drawing belies the dire events of the scene. A group of Mughal nobles out hunting with falcons has chanced upon two lions in the wilderness, and one of the men has been attacked. The bearded figure with the falcon at the upper left and the huntsman about to retrieve a duck caught by one of the trained falcons at the lower left are reminiscent of an earlier work, Hunting with Falcons in a Landscape (CMA 2013.292), painted by a Persian artist. By the time this pa...