India, 17th century
Drawing: height 15.8 cm (6 3/16 in.), width 11.6 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Folio: height 39.1 cm (15 5/16 in.), width 27.9 cm (11 in.)
LNS 106 MS
A royal preoccupation since time immemorial and used as a symbol of a monarch's courage and
power, hunting was frequently represented in Islamic art.
This tinted album drawing is representative of the style favoured in the Murghal court,
particularly during the first quarter of the seventeenth century under the patronage of Jahangir.
The diagonal composition and energetic movement of the hunters and their prey create a vitality
that contrasts to the subtle palette and sparse details rendered in colour.
