id: 314445 accession number: 2018.140 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.140 updated: 2022-01-04 18:08:42.810000 Prince Amar Singh (1672–1710) Drives His Own Elephant, c. 1695. Attributed to Mewar Stipple Master (Indian). Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 26.8 x 40 cm (10 9/16 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.140 title: Prince Amar Singh (1672–1710) Drives His Own Elephant title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1695 creation date earliest: 1685 creation date latest: 1705 current location: creditline: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar technique: gum tempera and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Mewar Stipple Master (Indian) - artist --- measurements: Page: 26.8 x 40 cm (10 9/16 x 15 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: July 2002-2018 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2018- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The tusk of the elephant is decorated with a gold ring. digital description: A youthful prince clad in yellow jama (belted tunic) holds a goad in his hand to control his elephant. His attendant sits in the back holding the royal insignia, a flying whisk, which billows in response to the velocity with which the elephant is running. The background of the painting is monochromatic green, a highly corrosive pigment. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.140/2018.140_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.140/2018.140_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.140/2018.140_full.tif