Raja Ram Chand of Amber (r. 1667–88) Hunting Wild Boar (c. 1670): Art, History and Details

Raja Ram Chand of Amber (r. 1667–88) Hunting Wild Boar (c. 1670) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Raja Ram Chand of Amber (r. 1667–88) Hunting Wild Boar
• Date: c. 1670
• Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber
• Type: Painting
• Technique: gum tempera and gold on paper
• Dimensions: Miniature: 26 x 37.8 cm (10 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 2018.169

A detail from the museum

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

Collection credit

Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

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