A Maharana and His Retinue Hunting Boar

The painting depicts Maharana Bhim Singh of Mewar (r. 1778-1828) returning from a boar hunt with his attendants and retinue. The haloed king is mounted on a caparisoned horse holdi...

Represented in an alert position, almost as if stopped in its tracks, this wild boar appears to be facing an opponent, either another wild animal or, more likely, a hunter, such as...

On one side: Herakles capturing the Erymanthian boar. The Erymanthian boar was a monster which plagued the central Peloponnese around Mt. Erymanthos, and it was one of Herakles’ la...

This painting depicts Maharana Bhim Singh of Mewar (r. 1778-1828) in his personal chambers. He sits, barechested, on a chair on an elevated platform. He ties a turban around his he...

This fragment depicts a scene from a Diana hunt. Diana imagery was popular in tapestries of this period: some of the compositions illustrate a particular mythological narrative, su...

Amidst rocky outcrops and other animals, which include rabbits and a gazelle, is a large tiger that lunges and attacks a boar head-on. It sinks its teeth into the back of the boar’...

This single detached folio comes from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami, the 12th century Iranian poet. The Khamsa is a popular and often illustrated text, especially in the 15th and ...