id:			141285
accession number:	1964.51
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.51
updated:		2023-03-20 14:14:18.532000

Umed Singh of Kota Hunting Lions, c. 1785–1790. India, Rajasthan, Kota, 18th century. Brush drawing with slight color on paper; overall: 39 x 52 cm (15 3/8 x 20 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mrs. J. Livingstone Taylor Collection by Exchange 1964.51

title:				Umed Singh of Kota Hunting Lions
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creation date:			c. 1785–1790
creation date earliest:		1780
creation date latest:		1795
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creditline:			Mrs. J. Livingstone Taylor Collection by Exchange
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culture:	India, Rajasthan, Kota, 18th century
technique:	brush drawing with slight color on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 39 x 52 cm (15 3/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1964)
	opening date:   1964-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1964)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 242B): April 6, 2016 -

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A family of lions with two cubs is caught unawares by royal huntsmen amid a tangle of jungle by the side of a stream. The adult lions twist around, startled by the sound of the horn intended to drive them out of the safety of their glade. The men, other than the ruler at the left, have turbans camouflaged with leaves, and they surround the lions, ready to let spears and arrows fly.

Before embarking on a costly finished painting, Indian artists often made preparatory sketches, in which they worked out the particulars of the composition. Whiter sections indicate areas where erasures and adjustments were made. Freer in execution, the drawings are often more evocative and exuberant than the more formal full-color finished paintings.
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