A Young Prince on Horseback

Colors in this work

Artist: Unknown artist
Date: c. 1720-1730
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 20 × 13.7 cm (7 7/8 × 5 3/8 in.); Outermost border: 39.9 × 26.8 cm (15 3/4 × 10 1/2 in.); Paper: 42 × 29.2 cm (16 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)
Origin: India
Holding institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Palette: Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #E2D1B1 · 69%

Roman Brick Earth · Brown family · #74453D · 10%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #8D6346 · 5%

Limestone Honey · Yellow family · #D6BD7C · 4%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #E2DDD0 · 2%

Fresh Gesso · White family · #F6F1E1 · 2%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #B89E68 · 2%

Pine Needle · Green family · #344129 · 2%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #4C5120 · 1%

Silverpoint Paper · Gray family · #D8C2C1 · 1%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #C6B187 · <1%

Turmeric Lake · Yellow family · #DDA338 · <1%

Lead Blue Veil · Blue family · #657786 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #DFC7BD · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #98ACAE · <1%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #261400 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #B5C0B2 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #882C03 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Everett McNear Collection

12 tags

Equestrian Both · 99%

The image clearly depicts a mounted rider, and the catalog title identifies the subject as “A Young Prince on Horseback.”
Human Figure Visual · 99%

A clearly rendered human figure occupies the center of the painted scene, seated on the horse in profile.
Animals Visual · 99%

A white horse with raised forelegs is the principal animal depicted.
Movement Visual · 97%

The horse’s raised forelegs, extended hind legs, flowing reins, and rider’s posture create a pronounced sense of motion.

Highly Ornamented Visual · 90%

The saddlecloth, horse tack, clothing, and repeated foliate border ornament are densely decorated with patterned and linear detail.

Painting Both · 99%

The image is visibly a painted scene on a sheet, and the catalog classifies it as a painting made with opaque watercolor and gold on paper.
Watercolor Metadata · 99%

The catalog specifies the medium as opaque watercolor and gold on paper.
Work on Paper Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies paper as the support and records separate dimensions for the image, outermost border, and paper.

18th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to circa 1720–1730, placing it in the eighteenth century.

Indian Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the place of origin as India and gives the artist display as “India Rajasthan, Jodhpur.”
South Asian Art Metadata · 96%

The catalog lists the style as South Asian and locates the work in Rajasthan, India.

Gold Both · 97%

Gold-colored details appear in the costume, horse equipment, and decorative borders; the catalog explicitly includes gold in the medium.

anonymous. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/131916

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