

The painting depicts Maharaja Fateh Singh hunting female bears by Pannalai. The artwork shows a landscape scene with a hill or mountain range. The hill is light brown with sparse green bushes and trees. Some trees are bare. The hill has a steep slope on the right and more gradual on the left. There are five black bears on the hill, three in the foreground and two more in the distance. The bears appear to be female. The Maharaja is on the left side, sitting on a tree branch with a person wearing blue and another wearing red. The person in red has a halo around their head. The Maharaja wears an orange turban and has a bow and arrow. The border around the painting is red with blue and yellow sections at the top. The blue and yellow sections have white lines. The frame has some damage on the edges.
Artwork Details
- Date
- dated 1917
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Culture
- Western India, Rajasthan, Udaipur
- Dimensions
- 600 × 491 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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