id:			314451
accession number:	2018.146
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.146
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:18.510000

Maharana Jagat Singh II of Mewar (r. 1734–51) Dressed as a Bhil, Hunting Deer at Night, c. 1735–40. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 17.2 x 24.8 cm (6 3/4 x 9 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 2018.146

title:				Maharana Jagat Singh II of Mewar (r. 1734–51) Dressed as a Bhil, Hunting Deer at Night
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creation date:			c. 1735–40
creation date earliest:		1725
creation date latest:		1750
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creditline:			Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar
technique:	gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 17.2 x 24.8 cm (6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	gatālā (?) rī sakāra mhārānā śrī jagata siṃgha jī
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018-
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fun fact:
A woman also wearing a leaf skirt roasts kabobs on a three-pronged fork for a midnight snack on the riverbank.

digital description:
The ruler, who has the title Maharana, wears the leaf skirt of the Bhil people of Western India, as he hunts deer with a female tracker. They both wear a girdle of bells to scare the quarry out of the underbrush, and she illuminates them using directed light from a lamp in a pot. The king has shot a deer in the neck; rabbit, antelopes, and boar scamper away.

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IMAGES

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